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Durasoft 3 Optifit Toric UV
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By eyeTopics Review Editor
Published on 06/28/2006
 
Durasoft 3 Optifit Toric lenses are made with a visible tint to assist you in locating your lenses in the solution and are UV protected to keep harmful rays from damaging your eyes.

Durasoft 3 Optifit Toric UV

Durasoft 3 Optifit Toric UV contact lenses from Wesley Jessen are designed to correct the vision of patients suffering from astigmatism.  They are worn as daily lenses for up to a year and discarded.  Durasoft 3 Optifit Toric lenses are made with a visible tint to assist you in locating your lenses in the solution and are UV protected to keep harmful rays from damaging your eyes.  The tint will not change the color of your eyes.

   

Lens Material
The lens material, phemfilcon A, is a hydrophilic copolymer of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and 2-ethoxyethyl methacrylate.

 
Lens Parameters 
Base Curve:Steep, Median, Flat
Diameter:14.5mm
Axes:Full circle, 5 deg. steps
Sphere:+4.00 to -8.00, 0.25D steps
Cylinder:-0.75 to -5.75, 0.50D steps
Center Thickness:Varies with power. Typically 0.05mm for minus lenses increases with increasing plus power.
       
Lens Properties 
Specific Gravity:1.178
Refractive Index:1.412
Visible Light Transmission:95% minimum
Water Content:55%
Optical Zone:5mm
Oxygen Permeability:Dk/L=32.2x10-9ml O2 cm/sec ml mm Hg @ 35 deg. C