Alcon Water Surface Contact Lenses

 

 

Alcon’s Water Surface Lens’ specific design

helps address contact lens discomfort - featuring water-loving 

polymers to provide a cushion of moisture and 

exceptional comfort for the wearer.¹⁰⁻¹⁴,¹⁵⁻¹⁹*

 

 

 

 

Ask your Eye Care Professional

how Alcon’s science-backed products can help outsmart

Digital Device Dryness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

*May use other proprietary wetting agents or other surface treatments to improve wettability, softness and comfort.

**Based on in vitro measurements of unworn lenses. PRECISION1™ contact lenses have more than 80% water at the surface, 

DAILIES TOTAL1™ and TOTAL30™ lenses feature nearly 100% water at the surface.

†Based on laboratory measurements of unworn lenses.

‡Applies to DAILIES TOTAL1™ spherical and Multifocal lenses.

§Applies to TOTAL30™ spherical and Multifocal lenses.

 

References:

1. Howarth, J. Alarming average screen time statistics. Exploding Topics. 2024. https://explodingtopics.com/blog/screen-time-stats.

2. Tsubota K, Nakamori K. Dry eyes and video display terminals. N Engl J Med. 1993;328(8):584.

3. Patel S, Henderson R, Bradley L, Galloway B, Hunter L. Effect of visual display unit use on blink rate and tear stability. Optom Vis Sci. 1991;68(11):888-892.

4. Hall L, Coles-Brennan C. Digital eye strain: more screen time = more digital eye strain. Contact Lens Spectrum. 2015;30:38-40.

5. Wolffsohn JS, Lingham G, Downie LE, et al. TFOS lifestyle: Impact of the digital environment on the ocular surface [published online ahead of print, 2023 Apr 14]. Ocul Surf. 2023;28:213-252.

6. Mylona et. Spotlight on digital eye strain. Clin Optom (Auckl). 2023;15:29-36.

7. Hayes J.R., Sheedy J.E., Stelmack J.A., Heaney C.A. Computer Use, Symptoms, and Quality of Life. Optom Vis Sci. 2007;84:738–744.

8. Ranasinghe et al. BMC Res Notes. 2016;9:150.

9. Portello J.K., Rosenfield M., Bababekova Y., Estrada J.M., Leon A. Computer-related visual symptoms in office workers. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2012;32(5):375–382. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

10. Perez-Gomez, European survey of contact lens wearers and eye care professionals on satisfaction

11. Fogt J, Patton K. Long day wear experience with water surface daily disposable contact lenses. Clin Optom. 2022(14):93-99

12. Alcon data on file, 2020.

13. Nichols KK, Redfern RL, Jacob JT, Nelson JD, Fonn D, Forstot SL, Huang JF, Holden BA, Nichols JJ. The TFOS International workshop on contact lens discomfort: report of the definition and classification subcommittee. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2013;54:TFOS14-9.

14. Jones L, Brennan NA, Gonzalez-Meijome J, Lally J, Maldonado-Codina C, Schmidt TA, Subbaraman L, Young G, Nichols JJ, members of the TIWoCLD. The TFOS International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort: report of the contact lens materials, design, and care subcommittee. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2013;54: TFOS37-70.

15. In vitro analysis of lens oxygen permeability, water content, and surface imaging; Alcon data on file, 2021.

16. In vitro analysis of lehfilcon A contact lenses outermost surface softness and correlation with water content; Alcon data on

file, 2021.

17. Thekveli S, Qui Y, Kapoor Y, et al. Structure-property relationship of delefilcon A lenses. Contact Lens Anterior Eye. 2012;35(Suppl 1):e14.

18. Angelini TE, Nixon RM, Dunn AC, et al. Viscoelasticity and mesh-size at the surface of hydrogels characterized with microrheology. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013;54:E-abstract 500.

19. Alcon data on file, 2019.

20. PRECISION1™ (DDT2) Lens with Smart Surface study; Alcon data on file, 2019.

21. In a clinical study wherein patients used AOSEPT™ solution for nightly cleaning, disinfecting, and storing; Alcon data on file, 2021.

22. In a prospective, randomized, controlled, double-masked bilateral crossover clinical study; n=113; Alcon data on file, 2021.

 

Consult your eye care professional for wear, care, precautions, warnings, contraindications and adverse effects. 

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