Contact Lens 1-2: Spherical Soft CL Fitting Flashcards
What are the 4 Main CL Manufacturers? (ABCV)
- Alcon (Ciba)
- Bausch + Lomb
- Coopervision
- Vistakon (Johnson & Johnson)
Hydrogel Vs. Silicone Hydrogel
- Hydrogel: What is it?
- Silicone Hydrogel (SiHy)
a. What does Silicone do?
- PMMA w/an Extra -OH group
- Hydrogel with added SILOXANE Groups
a. Increases O2 Permeability
Replacement Schedules
- Alcon:
a. Name of CLs?
b. Replacement schedule? - Bausch + Lomb
a. Name of CLs?
b. Replacement Schedule? - Coopervision
a. Name of CLs?
b. Replacement Schedule? - Vistakon
a. Name of CLs?
b. Replacement Schedule?
- a. Air Optix
b. Monthly - a. Purevision and Purevision 2
b. Monthyl - a. Biofinity
b. Monthly - a. Acuvue
b. 2 wks (except for daily disposables)
FDA Standards for UV
- Class 1 Blocker
a. Use for what places?
b. % blocker of UVA?
c. % Blocker of UVB? - Class II Blocker
a. Main use?
b. UVA block %?
c. UVB block %?
- a. High exposure environments like Mountains or Beaches
b. 90%
c. 99% - a. General Purpose
b. 70%
c. 95%
Water Content
- SCL ABSORBS water and does what?
- Water content: How is it read in Tyler’s?
- it Swells
2. % of H2O of TOTAL LENS WEIGHT!
Effect of Water Content on Hydrogel SCL
- As Water Content INCREASES, what happens to the following?
a. Strength
b. Deposit Resistance
c. RI
d. Pore Size
e. O2 Permeability
f. Safety of Heat Disinfection
- *Everything DECREASES except for Pore Size and O2 Permeability
FDA Grouping of SCL
- Group 1
a. Ionicity
b. H2O Content - Group 2
- Group 3
- Group 4
- a. Non Ionic
b. Low Water - a. Non-Ionic
b. High Water - a. Ionic
b. Low Water - a. Ionic
b. High Water
*HIgh water = 50% or more
Ionicity
- Ionic Materials: What does this mean?
- Non-Ionic Materials?
- What happens to Deposit Resistance w/Increased Ionicity?
- Net Negative Charge on the Surface
- Charged sites w/in polymer matrix, but NO NET SURFACE CHARGE
- It DECREASES
FDA Approval for Wearing Schedule
- Lens submitted to FDA. A request is made for use of the lenses (2)
- Daily Wear (no sleep in lenses) and Extended Wear (w/specified amt of time)
Wearing Schedule
- DW
- FW
- EW
- CW
- No sleep
- Flexible Wear (Occasional)
- Sleep in less than or equal to 6 nights
- More than 6 nights of sleep in them. (30 days)
FDA approved lenses for some form of EW
- Alcon
a. Air Optic Aqua Line
b. Air Optix Night and Day - Bausch + Lomb
a. Purevision
b. Purevision 2 - Coopervision
a. Biofinity - Vistakon
a. Acuvue Oasys
- a. 6 nights EW
b. 30 days CW - a. 30 days CW
b. 30 days CW - a. 6 nights EW
- a. 6 nights EW
O2 Permeability
- What is it?
- Dk in Hydrogel?
- SiHy?
- Inherent Ability of a Material to let O2 through (aka: Dk value)
- Lower Dk
a. As H2O content increases, Dk value starts to increase (around 80/90% it’s the same as SiHy lenses) - Higher Dk (SiHy…Sigh HIGH)
a. As Water content increases, Dk value starts to decrease
O2 Transmissibility
- Dk/t (Dk/L): What does this tell us?
* How is Dk measured overall? (where on the CL and at what POWER?)
- Thickness of lens (t or L) is factored in, and thickness varies w/lens power AND Location.
* Dk/t for a given lens is quotes using the THINNEST POINT of a -3.00 D Lens
Lens Thickness
- Where is Sagitta Largest in + Lens?
- In a - Lens?
- At the Center of the Lens
2. At the Edge of the Lens
Dk/t Minimums
- For DW?
- For EW?
- At least 24.1 (Dk/t)
2. At least 87.0 (Dk/t) to reduce overnight corneal edema to 4% (what’s experienced w/o a CL in place)
Tear Exchange
- GPs Exchange what % of the underlying Tear Layer Per Blink?
- SCL promotes/inhibits minimal tear exchange?
- Cornea wearing SCL depends on what for O2?
- 10-20%
- PROMOTES
- on the Dk/t
Dk/t Ranges
- hydrogels?
- SiHi?
- 10-30
2. 86-175
3 Complications of Hypoxia?
Corneal Edema; Limbal Hyperemia; and Neovascularization
Modulus of Elasticity
- What is it? (3)
- Modulus of Elasticity higher in what type of CLs?
- a. Ability to KEEP Shape when stressed
b. Resistance to Deformation
c. Modulus = Stress/Strain - Modulus of SiHy > Hydrogel Lenses
Higher Modulus of Elasticity
- Advantages (2)
- Disadvantages (2)
- Easier HANDLING; Masking of Astigmatism
2. Complications and Discomfort