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Precision UV
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eyeTopics Review Editor
 
By eyeTopics Review Editor
Published on 03/31/2006
 
Designed Wesley Jessen to block up to 90% of UV radiation that can damage your eyes, Precision UV contact lenses are the perfect choice for anyone spending a lot of time outdoors.

Precision UV

Designed Wesley Jessen to block up to 90% of UV radiation that can damage your eyes, Precision UV contact lenses are the perfect choice for anyone spending a lot of time outdoors.  To give you crisp, irritant free vision, Precision UV disposable contacts are replaced with new lenses after one to two weeks of use, avoiding the buildup of pollutants that can irritate your eyesight and cloud your vision.  Locating your lenses in the cleaning solution and inserting them properly is made easier because of the tint Precision UV lenses are infused with and an inside-out indicator.

   

Lens Material
The lens material, vasurfilcon A, is a copolymer of methyl methacrylate, vinyl pyrrolidone, and other methacrylates with the addition of the proprietary UV absorbing monomer UVAM.

Lens Parameters 
Chord Diameter:14.4 mm
Nominal Center Thickness:Minus Lens 0.09 - 0.17mm
 Plus Lens 0.22 - 0.41mm
Base Curve:8.4, 8.7mm
Powers:-10.00D to +8.00D
 -16.00D to +10.00D
 0.50D steps over +5.00 to -6.00D

Lens Properties
 
Refractive Index:1.379 @ 25 degrees celcius
Water Content:74%
Oxygen Permeability:38.9 x 10-11 (cm2/sec)(ml 02/ml x mmHg) at 35 degrees C (by the Fatt method)
Light Transmittance:Visible (400-800 nm) >97%
 UV (250-400 nm)
 UVA (315-380 nm)
 UVB (280-315 nm)
 +2.00 5.7 +2.00 2.6
 +1.00 8.1 +1.00 5.3
 -4.00 12.0 -4.00 8.4
 -10.00 17.3 -10.00 13.8