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Clearsight 1-Day Toric
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eyeTopics Review Editor
 
By eyeTopics Review Editor
Published on 07/13/2009
 
ClearSight 1 Day Toric are daily disposable contact lenses manufactured by CooperVision. 

ClearSight 1 Day Toric

ClearSight 1 Day Toric are daily disposable contact lenses manufactured by CooperVision.  Finally people with astigmatism can enjoy the many befits of the daily disposable modality. ClearSight 1 Day Toric’s many advanced design features deliver uncompromising performance all day. This lens positions itself at six o’clock on the eye, it stays there hour after hour. This lens offers exceptional stability, as well as enhanced level of comfort.

 

 Lens Material

The lens material, ocufilcon D is a co-polymer of 2-Hydroxyethylmethacrylate (2-HEMA) and

Methacrylic Acid, cross-linked with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA), plus an initiator. The co-polymer consists of 45% ocufilcon D and 55% water by weight when immersed in normal buffered saline solution. The lens polymer contains a W absorbing compound and is available clear or with a blue visibility-handling tint, color additive ‘Reactive Blue 19’, 2 1 CFR part 73.2 12 1

 

 

Lens Parameters

 

Chord Diameter:

14.5 mm

Center Thickness:

0.11 mm at-3.00D

Base Curves:

8.7 mm

Powers:

Pl to -6.00D, -6.50D,-7.00D

 Cylinder:

-0.75,-1.25 Axis:180º, 160º, 90º, 20º

 


Lens Properties

 

Oxygen Permeability (Dk):

19.6

Water Content:

55% by weight in normal saline