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By eyeTopics Review Editor
Published on 07/11/2006
 
Paragon HDS contact lenses are made with materials that utilize a proprietary hyper puffed delivery system to purify the material's silicone content, offering one of the most efficient lens materials in the industry. 

Paragon HDS

Paragon HDS contact lenses from Paragon Vision Sciences are gas permeable lenses designed to be worn as daily wear lenses and replaced after up to a year of use, depending on advice from your eye care practitioner.  The lenses are made with materials that utilize a proprietary hyper puffed delivery system to purify the material's silicone content, offering one of the most efficient lens materials in the industry.  Paragon HDS lenses are manufactured with a visible tint to assist in locating them in the solution.

   


Lens Material

The Paragon HDS rigid gas permeable contact lens material is 100% Polymer (paflufocon B); a thermoset copolymer derived from fluorosilicone acrylate monomers.

     


Lens Properties

Chord Diameter:7.0 to 10.5mm
Center Thickness:0.05 to 0.70mm
Base Curve:6.50 to 9.00mm
Powers Daily Wear:-20.00 to +12.00 Diopters
Powers Extended Wear:-20.00 to +8.00 Diopters
Bifocal Add Powers:+0.25 to +4.00 Diopters
Monocentric Bifocal Add Diameter:4.0 to 9.0mm
Monocentric Bifocal Prism:1.0 to 2.5 Diopters
Concentric Bifocal Add Diameter:2.0 to 4.0mm

Lens Parameters

Refractive Index:1.449(Nd at 25 deg. C)
Luminous Transmittance:(Sapphire Blue) 95%

(Emerald Green) 95%

(Forest Green) 90%
(Crystal Blue) 98%
Wetting Angle (Receding Angle):14.71 deg.
Specific Gravity:1.16
Hardness (Shore D):84
Water Content:< 1%