Visionary Optics – A new beginning
In 2010, less than a year after Dr. Breece’s death, the debt burden of Medlens Innovations became too heavy and the company ceased to exist; Visionary Optics was born with Dr. Sanders providing fresh capital.
Scleral Lens Education Society
The Scleral Lens Education Society was created. Our very own Dr. Greg DeNaeyer was a founding board member for this remarkable organization that continues to provide some of the best scleral lens education available.
Dr. Donald Sanders and Dr. Greg DeNaeyer continue the collaboration started with Dr. Breece
Drs. Sanders and DeNaeyer have collaborated for almost 10 years. With Dr. DeNaeyer’s clinical expertise and research experience with scleral lenses and Dr. Sanders’ expertise as a research-oriented ophthalmologist, the Visionary Optics team has been able to provide the scleral lens community with unparalleled product offerings and extensive data and research on scleral lenses and…
Medlens Innovations: Dr. Donald Sanders again partnered with Dr. Breece
Dr. Breece again asked Dr. Sanders to partner with him in Medlens Innovations. Dr. Breece’s untimely death occurred six months after they became partners; Dr. Sanders took over the struggling company.
Dr. Greg DeNaeyer started working with Dr. Rob Breece
Dr. Greg DeNaeyer started working with Medlens and Dr. Breece to manufacture scleral lenses that he was using to manage patients with corneal irregularity. This was during a period when little was known about scleral lenses. ‘Dr. Breece was way ahead of his time was very influential and a significant mentor to me, as we…
Jupiter Scleral
Dr. Robert Breece designed and produced the first modern scleral lens design under the Company name of Medlens Innovations. Dr. Breece’s Jupiter design is the exact Jupiter design that Visionary Optics manufacturers and sells today.
Eric Marshall began working with Dr. Rob Breece
Eric Marshall answered a local job ad for a R&D manufacturing company and began working evenings with Dr. Breece producing Ortho-K lenses for Correctech. Shortly after, we started manufacturing other specialty Soft and GP designs. After a few short years of manufacturing lenses, Dr. Breece started to share his knowledge of manufacturing, design and consulting.
Correctech
Dr. Robert Breece and Dr. Donald Sanders partnered together to work on a new OrthoK design. The product was ahead of its time and the company encountered regulatory difficulties with the FDA and the company did not pursue approval of the lens.
