CL 2-2: GP Parameters 2014 Flashcards
GP Manufacturing: (1) Polymerization
- It’s a Combination of what 2 THINGS?
- The Final Products are what?
a. What can these then be cut into? - What are these put through at this point?
a. How does this Process work?
- of Monomers and other ADDITIVES (like TINTS)
- RODS
a. Buttons - an ANNEALING PROCESS
a. Heat the material to a VERY HIGH TEMP in an Oven, then cool it VERY SLOWLY; You get a MORE HOMOGENOUS END PRODUCT
GP Manufacturing: (2) Machining
- Lathe-Cutting
a. Which surface is CUT FIRST?
b. Cannot produce EXCESSIVE HEAT: WHY? (what will happen to the CL)?
c. Does Manufacturing of the MATERIAL get more difficult with a HIGHER/LOWER Dk?
2. Base curve is cut with what tool?
a. Base Curve Surface is then what?
- a. CONCAVE first, then Convex
b. It will cause DISTORTION
c. HIGHER Dk = More difficult to manufacture - a LATHE
a. Polished
GP Manufacturing: (3) Blocking
- Lens mounted back on LATHE
a. They then use what?
b. This product has three properties or things it does… - Slide 13: Ask: Are ALL GPs a NON-WETTING LENS???
- a. Use of “PITCH” (WAX)
b. i. Vegetable Tar Product
ii. Low Melting Point
iii. Leaves Residue
GP Manufacturing (4): FRONT CURVE Cutting and Polishing
- Similar to BASE CURVE, except what kind of surface is created?
- The Blank is reduced to its what…? (2)
- Polishing is SIMILAR to what?
- CONVEX
- it’s FINAL THICKNESS and POWER
- to BACK SURFACE
GP Manufacturing (5): Finishing
- Lens is cut down to DESIRED DIAMETER (how much larger though to Allow for Edge Shaping and Polishing?)
- What Curves can now Be Applied?
- Soft Pad is used to do what 2 things?
- What is the FINAL STEP before INSPECTION?
- about 0.1-0.2 mm larger
- Peripheral Curves
- Polish and BLEND PERIPHERAL CURVES
- EDGE POLISHING
GP: Properties
- What are the 3?
- Modulus (Resistance to deformation)
- Specific Gravity (Weight)
- Oxygen Transmissibility
GP: Properties (2): Modulus
- Modulus = ?
- What does the slope of this refer to?
- Stiffness of a Material is the Ability of a GP to do what?
- How do you figure it out for a GP?
- Stress/Strain
- the Stiffness measured in MEGAPASCALS (MPa)
- to MASK CORNEAL ASTIGMATISM (resistance to flexure)
- APPLY FORCE (stress) to a lens until it begins to deform (Strain)
GP: Properties: (3): Specific Gravity
- Weight of a GP lens at a given temperature divided by what?
a. What is LOW?
b. Medium?
c. High?
d. What does this affect?
- by weight of an Equal Volume of Water at the SAME TEMPERATURE
a. Less than or EQUAL to 1.10
b. 1.11 - 1.20
c. more than 1.20
d. LENS position on the eye
GP: Properties (4): Oxygen
- Dk = ?
- Dk/t = ?
- Equivalent Oxygen Percentage (EOP) = ?
- Higher Oxygen Permeability does what?
- Permeability
- Transmissibility
- Measured in vivo
- Makes the Lenses more flexible (Material chemistry is a major contributing factor to flexibility)
GP:
- PMMA = ?
- PMMA + Silicone & Fluorine = ?
- Silicone Acrylate/ Fluorosilicone Acrylate = ?
- Very stiff (High Modulus)
- Less Stiff
- Higher Dk GP materials have a LOWER MODULUS than their Lower Dk Counterparts.
(This is the opposite from SCLs)
GP Wettability
- What is Wettability/Wetting Angle?
- Helps us know how well a CL will wet and Stay wet when placed and worn on the Eye
GP Wettability
- Contact Angle: It’s a quantitative measure of what?
- of the Wetting of a solid by a liquid. It’s found at the angle formed by a liquid at the 3 phase boundary where a liquid, gas, and solid intersect.
GP Wettability
- Sessile Drop
- Classic Sessile Drop
- Dynamic Sessile Drop
- Captive Bubble
- Drop of liquid on lens material. Measure CONTACT POINT b/w Liquid and Solid (OLDEST METHOD)
- Gives us an ADVANCING ANGLE
- Gives us an ADVANCING ANGLE (liquid being added) and a RECEDING ANGLE (liquid being removed)
- Bubble of Air trapped against the surface of the GP to determine Contact angle (MORE Repeatable: Less Dehydration of material) (Very wettable for the SMALLER Angle measured from Lens material to Gas)
GP Wettability
- What 4 Factors Affect the Sessile Drop Test? (TESS)
- Time of Measurement
- Environment
- Size of Drop
- Surface Dehydration
GP Wettability: Wilhelmy Plate
- Static or Dynamic Test?
- Dipping GP material in what?
- Measuring Contact Angle between what?
- Dynamic Test
- in and out of a test solution
- b/w Lens material and Solution
Dynamic Contact Angle (CA)
- Contact Angle (CA) Hysteresis = ?
- Advancing CA - Receding CA
Wetting Angle vs. On-eye Wettability
- Wetting Angle measurements are NEEDED for GP lens Testing and FDA Approval. However, do these tests have a CORRELATION with on-eye Wetting/Comfort?
- NO!
Plasma Treatment
- How is it done?
- What does it remove from Manufacturing?
- Wettable Surface without what?
- So what does it IMPROVE?
- What is the LIMITATION?
- Lenses Placed in a VACUUM chamber and Bombarded w/Plasma Gas
- RESIDUALS from manufacturing
- w/o Extra Cleaning before dispensing
- Improves wettability
- It’s unknown how long the Tx lasts.
Silicone Acrylate (SA)
- What does Adding Silicone do to O2 Permeability?
- What 3 things does SILICONE DECREASE?
- Charge on SA Surface?
a. What does this ATTRACT?
- Increases it
- Decreases Wettability, Stability, and Deposit Resistance
- Negative Ionic Charge
a. Protein Deposits
Fluorosilicone Acrylate (FSA)
- Why would we introduce Fluorine?
- What does Fluorine do to O2 permeability?
- What does FLUORINE DECREASE (3 things)
- Is Fluorine Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic?
a. What does it Resist?
b. What does it Attract?
- Because you can only add so much silicone BEFORE compromising Lens Properties
- Increases it
- Wettability, Stability, and Deposit Resistance (But not as much as silicone)
- Hydrophobic
a. Protein Deposits
b. ATTRACTS LIPIDS!!
Dk Classification
- Low
- High
- Hyper
- Less than or EQUAL to 50
- 51-99
- More than or EQUAL to 100
Choosing a Material
- Low Dk
a. Best for what kind of Astigmatism?
b. DW, FW, EW?
c. What 2 things are OPTIMUM? - High Dk
a. Best for what?
b. DW, FW, EW and for whom? (2)
c. They also include what Design?
- Hyper Dk
a. Best for what?
- a. Myopia
b. DW
c. Wettability and Stability - a. Hyperopia
b. Flexible Wear (Hyperopia), and EW (Myopia)
c. Prism Ballasted Lens designs - a. Hyperopia
but can be done for EW (myopia and hyperopia)