SPECTACLE LENSES
Hoya Named for Lens Company
Quick Take: Hoya Vision Care is a science, innovation and technology leader providing laboratory services primarily to independent practice eye care providers. Signature products include iD MyStyle which uses Hoya’s patented integrated double surface design technology, and the first blue light attenuating anti-reflective treatment, Recharge. Customers are serviced by a brand new state-of-the-art inter-company manufacturing center in Dallas and 28 other locations across the U.S.
www.thehoyafreeformcompany.com
Varilux Named for Lens Brand
Quick Take: Varilux lenses by Essilor 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
Crizal Avance UV Named for Anti-Reflective Coating Brand
Quick Take: Essilor’s Crizal Avance UV lenses allow the wearer to see better and deliver the best vision protection against the five enemies of clear vision including: glare, scratches, smudges, dust and water, while also providing the most complete daily UV protection for long-term eye health.
www.crizalusa.com
Hoya iD LifeStyle 2 Named for Progressive Lens Brand
Quick Take: Hoya integrated the latest calculation technologies and insights in the Hoyalux iD LifeStyle 2 design. A better correction of lens aberrations over the whole lens surface has led to better contrast and image definition. The progressive power distribution and the way the progression builds up have been adjusted to offer wider fields of vision and optimized distance area.
www.thehoyafreeformcompany.com
Transitions Named for Photochromic Lens 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
Hoya Sync Named for Lens Brand, New Launch
Quick Take: Sync lenses from Hoya are a modern single-vision lens for wearers who have dynamic visual demands at various distances from the use of digital devices such as smartphones, tablets and computers. The design component is placed across the entire surface of the lens providing a wide, edge to edge functional area.
www.thehoyafreeformcompany.com
CONTACT LENSES
Alcon Named for Contact Lens Company
Quick Take: Alcon, a global leader in eyecare, helps people see the world better through advanced surgical, pharmaceutical and vision care products. One of the largest manufacturers of contact lenses and lens care products, the company’s vision care portfolio offers daily disposable, monthly replacement and color-enhancing contact lenses for comfortable and convenient vision correction options. The company also has a complete line of contact lens care products. Alcon, a division of Novartis, offers a broad spectrum of eyecare products and is organized into three businesses: Surgical, Pharmaceutical and Vision Care.
www.alcon.com
Biofinity Named for Toric Contact Lens Brand
Quick Take: Stability and excellent visual acuity are important to patients who have astigmatism. CooperVision’s Biofinity toric delivers the consistent centration, stable fit and excellent visual acuity ECPs and their patients can depend on. The Optimized Ballast Toric Design features uniform horizontal ISO thickness and a wide ballast band, plus a larger toric optic zone. This design quickly orients the lens for better performance and simple fitting. The lens is naturally wettable and features Optimized Ballast design, low modulus and high Dk.
www.coopervision.com
Dailies Total 1 Named for Daily Disposable Brand
Quick Take: Dailies Total 1 water gradient contact lenses combine exceptional comfort and vision with the highest breathability of any daily disposable contact lens. With Dailies Total 1, comfort has been redefined for contact lens wearers, who can now wear contact lenses all day long and still experience exceptional comfort even after wearing them all day. Dailies Total 1 is the first and only water gradient contact lens that features an increase from 33 percent to over 80 percent water content from core to surface, approaching 100 percent at the very outer surface, mimicking the water content of the cornea.
www.dailies.com
Air Optix Night & Day Named for Extended Wear Disposable Brand
Quick Take: Air Optix Night & Day contact lenses are FDA-approved for daily wear and up to 30 nights of continuous wear. They are the contact lens brand most recommended by eyecare professionals for patients who sleep overnight in their contact lenses. Air Optix Night & Day allows patients to wake up and see comfortably and provides outstanding comfort all day, every day.
www.airoptix.com
Air Optix Multifocal Named for Multifocal Brand
Quick Take: The Unique Precision Profile design of Air Optix Aqua Multifocal contact lenses allows for a range of prescription strengths to blend across the lens. It works with the eyes' natural function for uninterrupted clear vision, near through far, providing clear vision at all distances, a smooth transition between a wide range of distances and comfort throughout the wearing period.
www.airoptix.com
Ultra Named for New Launch of Contact Lens Brand
Quick Take: Bausch + Lomb Ultra contact lenses with MoistureSeal technology became the #1 brand that eyecare providers switched patients to within the first year of launch. The lens combines a breakthrough material and new manufacturing process to deliver best-in-class properties of high oxygen transmissibility (Dk/t), low modulus and high water content. With MoistureSeal technology, Bausch + Lomb Ultra contact lenses maintain 95 percent of their moisture for a full 16 hours to provide an exceptional wearing experience.
www.bausch.com
