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Focus 1-2 Week Visitint
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eyeTopics Review Editor
 
By eyeTopics Review Editor
Published on 03/27/2006
 
For ease of use, Focus 1-2 Week Visitint lenses are manufactured with a light blue tint to assist you in locating your lenses in the solution.

Focus 1-2 Week Visitint

CIBA Vision's Focus 1-2 Week Visitint contact lenses are designed to be worn as daily lenses for up to two weeks and discarded.  Because Focus 1-2 Week Visitint disposable contact lenses are routinely replaced with fresh lenses, your eyes are kept from being irritated by deposits building up.  For ease of use, Focus 1-2 Week Visitint lenses are manufactured with a light blue tint to assist you in locating your lenses in the solution.     


Lens Material
The lens material is 55% water and 45% vifilcon A, a hydrophilic co-polymer of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and povidone, USP. The chemical name is poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-ethylene dimethacrylate co-methacrylic acid-g-povidone). 

Lens Parameters
 
Base Curve:8.4mm and 8.8mm
Diameter:14.0mm
Power Range:-6.50D to -10.00D (0.50D steps)
Center Thickness:0.06 mm at all minus powers
 0.12 mm at +3.00D (varies with power)
 
Lens Properties 
Specific Gravity:1.12
Refractive Index (hydrated):1.415
Light Transmittance:93%
Water Content:55% by weight in normal saline
Oxygen Permeability:16.0 x 10-11 (cm2/sec)(ml 02/ml x mm Hg), measured at 23 degrees C (Fatt method)