SPECTACLE LENSES
Essilor Named for Company
Quick Take: Essilor is the world-leading manufacturer and wholesale distributor of optical lenses. The company’s mission, “Helping the world see better,” provides excellent vision through premium products and services product launch, technological advancement, and program Essilor delivers. The company offers such technologically advanced lenses – Varilux, Crizal, Optifog Xperio, DEFINITY , Airwear and Transitions.
www.essilorusa.com
Varilux Named Lens Brand
Quick Take: Varilux lenses, the first progressive lenses, provide superior vision at every distance in every situation. Essilor continuously conducts extensive clinical research to produce progressive lenses offering all presbyopes natural, comfortable vision. With over 300 million pairs sold, the Varilux lens is the progressive brand most prescribed by eyecare professionals and trusted by millions of satisfied wearers.
www.VariluxUSA.com
TD2 Named Lens Treatment Brand
Quick Take: Essilor’s Tough Durable Two-Sided lens (TD2) provides a consistent hard coat performance on all materials but is not available on glass. Applied to both sides of the lens, TD2 provides a unique combination of hardness and flexibility. TD2 eliminates all risks of cracking and peeling.
www.EssilorUSA.com
Crizal Avance Named Anti-Reflective Coating Brand
Quick Take: Crizal lenses are worn and trusted by over 150 million people around the world. Crizal lenses allow the wearer to see better by reducing glare, to look better by offering glare-free vision, and to feel better through reduced eye fatigue. Crizal lenses combat the five enemies of clear vision: glare, scratches, smudges, dust and water.
www.CrizalUSA.com
Varilux Physio Named Personalized PAL Brand
Quick Take: Managing distortions better than any previous progressive lens, Varilux Physio lenses deliver the sharpest, most natural progressive vision with unmatched acuity in all fields of view, the company says, also adding “Independent testing of more than 2,000 wearers confirms Varilux Physio lenses deliver discernible visual benefits and outperform 28 competitive PAL designs from all major manufacturers.”
www.VariluxUsa.com
Transitions Named Photochromic Brand
Quick Take: The Transitions family of products includes options for both everyday wear and sunglasses for a range of outdoor activities. Transitions lenses are an eyewear solution that goes beyond vision correction, the company notes, adding, they help enhance the way wearers see the world around them while protecting and preserving their long-term eye health.
www.Transitions.com/Pro
CONTACT LENSES
Vistakon Named for Company
Quick Take: Vistakon division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. specializes in disposable contact lenses that it markets under the Acuvue brand name. For 25 years, Acuvue has helped doctors build strong practices by offering patients the comfort, ocular health, and high quality of vision they desire from contact lens wear.
www.acuvue.com
Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism Named Toric Brand
Quick Take: Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism features a proprietary “blink stabilized” design, which harnesses the natural pressures of a blinking eye to help keep the lens in place and quickly realign the lens if it rotates out of position. It also features Hydraclear Plus, the improved formulation of the unique Hydraclear technology.
www.acuvue.com
1-Day Acuvue TruEye Named Daily Disposable Brand
Quick Take: 1-Day Acuvue TruEye combines combines narafilcon B, a next generation, high-performance silicone hydrogel material and Hydraclear 1, a proprietary formulation of the patented Hydraclear technology with the hygiene, flexibility and convenience of a one-day replacement lens. It also offers the highest level of UV protection in a contact lens.
www.acuvue.com
Air Optix Night & Day Aqua Named Extended Wear Brand
Quick Take: Air Optix Night & Day Aqua contact lenses are designed to work around the clock to help keep up with patients’ busy lifestyles. With the highest oxygen transmissibility of any available soft contact lens, they provide comfort day after day - even overnight. Air Optix lenses feature “TricComfort” technology, including breathability, moisture retention and deposit-resistance.
www.airoptix.com
Air Optix Multifocal Aqua Named Multifocal Brand
Quick Take: Whether patients are reading, driving or working on a computer,
they can enjoy crisp, clear vision with Air Optix Aqua Multifocal lenses. They're designed with TriComfort Technology to provide breathability and moisture retention, while resisting deposit buildup. The lenses provide a smooth transition as eyes move naturally from one focal distance to another - near, intermediate and far.
www.airoptix.com
