Soft lenses Flashcards
Soft lens modalities
- DW, dailies
- DW, daily wear reusable
- EW, extended wear, sleeping in
- Flex wear
Alcon
- Dailies Total 1
- Freshlook Colorblends (discontinued)
- Precision 1
- Total 30
- Air Optix (EW)
Cooper
Best company for astigmatism
- Biofinity family (1 MO EW)
- Toric lenses come in 5 degree inc. up to -5.75 cyl
- MySight 1 Day (FDA approved, designed to slow myopia progression)
- MyDay Energy (Designed for people who work on computers)
- Proclear 1 Day (Designed for dry eye, high surface wettability)
- Proclear monthly (same as biofinity, LOW Dk)
Acuvue
Most known CL company in market
- 1 day moist family
- 1 day oasys family
- 1 Day oasys max
- Oasys (one of only 2wk lenses)
- Oasys transition (discontinued)
- Vita (monthly)
B&L
Leader industry until large recall
- BioTrue 1 Day family (available up to -2.75 cyl, only high and low MF adds)
- Infuse
- Purevision (1 mo EW)
- Revive (3 mo)
- Soflens 38 (optima FW)
- Ultras (EW for 1 week)
Heat disinfection
First way of cleaning lenses
Kills ALL bacteria
Chemical disinfection
3% hydroperoxide mix
Must neutralize lens for 6 hours for hydroperoxide to turn to saline
Multipurpose solution (MPS)
All in one solution that may contain an enzyme cleaner