High-definition optics, which reduce halos and glare in low-light conditions.

Patented Dehydration Barrier, in which poloxamer 407 drives to the lens surface to lock in moisture and mimics the lipid layer of the tear film for a smooth optical surface.

Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), the hydrophilic polymer that carries the lens water content, matching that of the cornea.

Average non-invasive tear break-up time 18.9 seconds after 10 hours of wear, against 14.1 seconds for the next longest lens measured, in twelve subjects wearing one pair of lenses per day on 6 individual days.

Spherical aberration control optimized at every 0.25D step in both axes, with high-definition optics, which help reduce halos and glare, even in low-light conditions.

Evolved peri-ballast design, rotation of 10 degrees or less at dispensing, with an axis indicator designating the axis of cylinder power and an orientation mark at 6 o'clock.

Thin, tapered edge, designed for limited lid interaction.

Patented Dehydration Barrier, in which poloxamer 407 drives to the lens surface to lock in moisture and mimics the lipid layer of the tear film for a smooth optical surface.

Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), the hydrophilic polymer that carries the lens water content, matching that of the cornea.

Eye care professionals reported consistent stability in 91% of patients and satisfaction with the speed of fittings in 98%, in a 7-investigator, multi-site study of 123 wearers of non-daily disposable toric lenses worn on a daily wear basis for 1 week.

The -2.75D cylinder is available in fit sets for same-day, in-office use.

3-Zone Progressive design, center-near, optimized for 7 biometrics including pupil size, higher-order aberrations, axial length and residual accommodation, across 9 critical distances.

On the -3.00D HIGH ADD power profile the near band runs from the lens center out to roughly 0.8 mm radial displacement, intermediate from roughly 1.1 mm, and distance from roughly 2.6 mm.

Two powers across the entire power range, Low +0.75D to +1.50D and High +1.75D to +2.50D, taken from the spectacle add.

Patented Dehydration Barrier, in which poloxamer 407 drives to the lens surface to lock in moisture and mimics the lipid layer of the tear film for a smooth optical surface.

Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), the hydrophilic polymer that carries the lens water content, matching that of the cornea.

Online survey of patients who wore trial lenses for 4 or more days, top 3-box on a 6-point agreement scale: 91% agreed vision was clear using a mobile phone, 96% on a computer and 95% when driving, n=261.

3-Zone Progressive Design; the published power profile for a -3.00D High add lens runs near at the center, fading out by roughly 0.8 mm of radial displacement, intermediate from roughly 1.15 mm and distance from roughly 2.6 mm.

Optimized for 7 biometrics across 9 critical distances: pupil size, anterior chamber depth, higher-order aberrations, axial length, corneal topography and diameter (curvature), residual accommodation and subjective refraction.

Two powers across the entire power range, Low +0.75D to +1.50D and High +1.75D to +2.50D, taken from the spectacle add.

ProBalance Technology, a proprietary combination of osmoprotectants (erythritol and glycerin), electrolytes (potassium) and moisturizers to help maintain ocular surface homeostasis.

Poloxamine 1107 and poloxamer 181, which retain hydration and provide a smooth, wettable surface.

Not surface-treated; there is no integrated surface coating over the silicone hydrogel.

High-definition optics reduce spherical aberration across the entire power range.

ProBalance Technology, a proprietary combination of osmoprotectants (erythritol and glycerin), electrolytes (potassium) and moisturizers to help maintain ocular surface homeostasis.

Poloxamine 1107 and poloxamer 181, which retain hydration and provide a smooth, wettable surface.

Not surface-treated; there is no integrated surface coating over the silicone hydrogel.

OpticAlign Design with high-definition optics, which help minimize spherical aberration for clear vision. Optimized across the entire power range in both axes to help reduce halos and glare, even in low light.

Lens geometry promotes stabilization, orientation mark at 6 o'clock. 95% of lenses settled within 30 seconds, within 10°. 97% of lenses had less than 3° rotation with blink. Settles within 3° of ideal orientation.

ProBalance Technology, a proprietary combination of osmoprotectants (erythritol and glycerin), electrolytes (potassium) and moisturizers to help maintain ocular surface homeostasis.

Poloxamine 1107 and poloxamer 181, which help retain hydration and provide a smooth, wettable surface.

Non-surface-treated silicone hydrogel, with no integrated surface coating.

The -2.25D and -2.75D cylinders are available in a fit set.

Balafilcon A, a copolymer of a silicone vinyl carbamate, N-vinyl-pyrrolidone, a siloxane crosslinker and a vinyl alanine wetting monomer.

Performa surface treatment, which transforms hydrophobic silicone to hydrophilic silicate.

Blue, from up to 300 ppm of Reactive Blue Dye 246.

Also indicated for therapeutic use as a bandage lens for corneal protection and corneal pain relief during treatment of ocular pathologies and post-surgical conditions.

Visual acuity of 20/20 or better in 87% of measurements through a 12-month continuous wear trial, among the 610 subjects who completed it.

Balafilcon A, a copolymer of a silicone vinyl carbamate, N-vinyl-pyrrolidone, a siloxane crosslinker and a vinyl alanine wetting monomer.

Performa surface treatment, which transforms hydrophobic silicone to hydrophilic silicate.

Blue, from up to 300 ppm of Reactive Blue Dye 246.

Also indicated for therapeutic use as a bandage lens for corneal protection and corneal pain relief during treatment of ocular pathologies and post-surgical conditions.

The clinical results published for this lens were obtained with the PureVision contact lens, which has the same lens material but a different lens design.

Aspheric optical surfaces intended to reduce the population average spherical aberration across all sphere, cylinder, and axis combinations.

Auto Align Design, a hybrid ballasting geometry that optimizes thickness from apex to base of the lens, with 1 guide mark in the lens perimeter at 6 o'clock as a reference for judging rotation.

A smooth rounded profile, for movement over the conjunctival tissue.

Balafilcon A, a copolymer of a silicone vinyl carbamate, N-vinyl-pyrrolidone, a siloxane crosslinker and a vinyl alanine wetting monomer.

Performa surface treatment, which transforms hydrophobic silicone to hydrophilic silicate.

Blue, from up to 300 ppm of Reactive Blue Dye 246.

The clinical results published for this lens were obtained with the PureVision contact lens, which has the same lens material but a different lens design.

Front surface asphere consisting of multiple aspheric zones over a spherical base curve, with the most plus power in the center of the lens progressing to more minus in the periphery.

Two strengths, Low +0.75D to +1.50D and High +1.75D to +2.50D.

Balafilcon A, a copolymer of a silicone vinyl carbamate, N-vinyl-pyrrolidone, a siloxane crosslinker and a vinyl alanine wetting monomer.

Performa surface treatment, which transforms hydrophobic silicone to hydrophilic silicate.

Blue, from up to 300 ppm of Reactive Blue Dye 246.

The clinical results published for this lens were obtained with the PureVision contact lens, which has the same lens material but a different lens design.

Front surface asphere consisting of multiple aspheric zones over a spherical base curve, with the most plus power in the center of the lens progressing to more minus in the periphery.

Two strengths, Low +0.75D to +1.50D and High +1.75D to +2.50D.

Balafilcon A, a copolymer of a silicone vinyl carbamate, N-vinyl-pyrrolidone, a siloxane crosslinker and a vinyl alanine wetting monomer.

Performa surface treatment, which transforms hydrophobic silicone to hydrophilic silicate.

Blue, from up to 300 ppm of Reactive Blue Dye 246.

The clinical results published for this lens were obtained with the PureVision contact lens, which has the same lens material but a different lens design.

Four designs share one parameter envelope: sphere, toric, multifocal, and toric multifocal, each lathe-cut to order rather than held in stock.

Dual Elliptical Stabilization, a thin ballast that sets orientation and rotational stability on the toric and the toric multifocal.

Adaptive Tri-Zone Technology, a front-surface asphere carrying the most plus power centrally and progressing to more minus toward the periphery.

Central near zone ordered from 1.8 to 3.0 mm in 0.1 mm steps. Center thickness is published by power class rather than at the usual -3.00D reference: 0.10 mm for a low minus lens, up to 0.50 mm for a plus lens.

6.5 to 9.7 mm in 0.1 mm steps.

10.0 to 16.0 mm in 0.1 mm steps.

Three are orderable, all non-ionic. Hioxifilcon B (49% water, Dk 15) and hioxifilcon D (54% water, Dk 21) are hydrogels, each a copolymer of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and glycerol methacrylate. Samfilcon B (41% water, Dk 126) is a silicone hydrogel, a copolymer of siloxane methacrylate and N-vinyl pyrrolidone. The figures on this card are hioxifilcon D's.

Blue. Hioxifilcon B and hioxifilcon D also come clear; samfilcon B is supplied tinted only.

Made to order, with most lenses delivered in 5 to 7 business days. The 120-day EZ-Exchange program remakes a lens to new parameters at no charge.

Cleared labeling is narrower than the ordering range. The package insert (Rev. 2024-07) lists spherical powers of +20.00D to -20.00D and add powers of +1.00D to +4.00D, against the +/-30.00D and +0.50D to +3.00D in the brochure, the abbreviated fitting guide, and the product page.

Spherical single vision, supplied as a hemispherical shell.

Polymacon, a hydrophilic polymer of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate.

Three fits, labeled steep, medium and flat, the steeper selected when the lens moves or decenters excessively and the flatter when movement is insufficient.

Blue, from up to 100 ppm of Reactive Blue Dye 246.

The apparent blue color may decrease slightly following repeated disinfection, without affecting the safety or performance of the lens.

Aspheric optics on a lens available as a spherical single-vision design.

Hilafilcon B, a hydrophilic copolymer of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and N-vinyl pyrrolidone.

Blue, from Reactive Blue Dye 246.

High Definition optics, directed at visual quality in low light conditions.

Ergonomic blister pack shaped for smooth lens removal, with the lens material type and thickness chosen to reduce tearing.

Front surface asphere built from multiple aspheric zones over a spherical base curve, with the most plus power at the center of the lens progressing to more minus in the periphery.

Two discrete strengths rather than a continuous range, Low (+0.75D to +1.50D) and High (+1.75D to +2.50D).

8.5 for 43.75D and steeper and 8.8 for 43.50D and flatter, steepened to 8.5 when the lens moves or decenters excessively.

Equilibrate for 10 minutes, then expect 0.5-1.0mm movement in primary gaze and 1.0-1.5mm in upgaze, over-refracting in 0.25D steps to 20/25 monocularly and 20/20 binocularly.

Blue, from up to 100 ppm of Reactive Blue Dye 246.

Spherical power on the anterior surface and a spherocylindrical curve on the posterior surface to carry the astigmatic power, over a bicurve posterior design.

Lo-Torque prism ballast, prism at the base of the lens with thickness increasing from apex to base, and a balanced vertical thickness profile holding mid-peripheral thickness uniform at the apex, center and base of the optic zone.

360 degree comfort chamfer, a wedge-shaped tapered section on the anterior surface from the 3 to 9 o'clock areas that reduces lens thickness, finished with rounded edges.

Three guide marks in the lens perimeter, 30 degrees apart at 5, 6, and 7 o'clock, working as a protractor on the lens surface; the center mark need not sit at 6 o'clock.

The center guide mark should locate at the inferior limbus, and once oriented rotational rocking should be limited to less than 5 degrees.

Blue, from up to 100 ppm of Reactive Blue Dye 246.

The apparent blue color may decrease slightly following repeated disinfection, without affecting the safety or performance of the lens.

High-definition optics, carried by the single vision and toric lenses only, and directed at reducing halos and glare in low-light conditions.

Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), grown around and throughout the silicone backbone in the second phase of the MoistureSeal polymerization, where it attracts moisture.

High-definition optics, carried by the single vision and toric lenses only, and directed at reducing halos and glare in low-light conditions.

OpticAlign design, ballasting in the lower hemisphere, with the orientation mark at 6 o'clock.

Rotation at dispensing of 5 degrees or less in 94% of patients (n=157), in a 7-investigator, multi-site, 2-week study of current soft contact lens wearers.

Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), grown around and throughout the silicone backbone in the second phase of the MoistureSeal polymerization, where it attracts moisture.

3-Zone Progressive design, one plotted power curve with the near band beginning at the Y-axis, the intermediate band beginning just past the 1.0 mm tick and the distance band just past the 2.5 mm tick, plotted across 3.0 mm of radial displacement at -3.00D high add.

Optimized for 7 biometrics: pupil size, anterior chamber depth, higher-order aberrations, axial length, corneal topography and diameter, residual accommodation across 9 distances, and subjective refraction.

Two lens adds across the entire power range, selected from the spectacle add: Low for +0.75D to +1.50D and High for +1.75D to +2.50D.

Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), grown around and throughout the silicone backbone in the second phase of the MoistureSeal polymerization, where it attracts moisture.

3-Zone Progressive design, one continuously descending power curve with the near zone at the lens center, the intermediate zone beginning just past the 1.0 mm tick and the distance zone just past the 2.5 mm tick, plotted across 3.0 mm of radial displacement at -3.00D high add.

Optimized for 7 biometrics: pupil size, anterior chamber depth, higher-order aberrations, axial length, corneal topography and diameter, residual accommodation across 9 distances, and subjective refraction.

Two lens adds across the entire power range, selected from the spectacle add: Low for +0.75D to +1.50D and High for +1.75D to +2.50D.

OpticAlign design, ballasting in the lower hemisphere, with the orientation mark at 6 o'clock.

Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), grown around and throughout the silicone backbone in the second phase of the MoistureSeal polymerization, where it attracts moisture.