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Softcon EW
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eyeTopics Review Editor
 
By eyeTopics Review Editor
Published on 07/25/2006
 
Softcon EW contact lenses from CIBA Vision are designed to be worn as extended wear lenses from one day up to seven days, depending on advice from your eye care practitioner.

Softcon EW

Softcon EW contact lenses from CIBA Vision are designed to be worn as extended wear lenses from one day up to seven days, depending on advice from your eye care practitioner.  These lenses provide you with the resilience of a daily wear lens and the convenience of an extended wear lens.

   


Lens Material
The lens material is 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
Diameter:14.0mm and 14.5mm
Base Curve:8.1mm, 8.4mm and 8.7mm
Center Thickness:0.10mm at -3.00D

0.16mm at +3.00D
Powers:-8.00D to +5.00D (0.25D steps)

-0.25D to -8.00D (0.25D steps)

+5.00D to +9.50D (0.50D steps)

Lens Properties

Specific Gravity:1.12
Refractive Index (hydrated):1.415
Light Transmittance (clear):97%
Water Content:55%