Contact Lenses & Care
PureVision Multi-Focal Contact Lenses
The surface of PureVision® Multi-Focal lenses gives your presbyopic patients
the comfort and wettability they deserve.
The unique silicone hydrogel material and surface process create a lens that’s
designed for the needs of aging presbyopic eyes.
PureVision Multi-Focal lenses pass demanding government tests and the
expectations of your most demanding patients.
- PureVision Multi-Focal lenses are the only multifocal lenses available with a material and surface good enough to be FDA-approved for up to 30 days of extended wear*– a demanding test of contact lens health.
- Worn as either a daily wear or extended wear lens, they perform at a high level – giving even demanding presbyopic patients dehydration resistance, consistent wettability, and exceptional deposit resistance.
Design for Patient Comfort
The unique silicone hydrogel material and surface process create a lens that’s designed for the needs of aging presbyopic eyes.
Dehydration resistance: AerGel™ silicone hydrogel material combined with the Performa™ surface process controls hydration dynamics and facilitates fluid transport.
Wettability loaded into the matrix of the lens: The Performa surface process is not a coating so it won’t rub off or degrade; it transforms the hydrophobic silicone into a hydrophilic silicate that stays wettable.
Comfort and deposit resistance:
The unique Performa surface process creates an exceptionally smooth and
clean lens surface, enhancing comfort while resisting protein and lipid
deposits.
*Brief summary of
intended use:
The Bausch & Lomb PureVision, PureVision Toric, and PureVision
Multi-Focal (balafilcon A) Visibility Tinted Contact Lenses are indicated for
daily wear or extended wear for up to 30 nights between removals.
Warnings: The risk of microbial keratitis has been shown to be greater
among users of extended wear contact lenses than
among users of daily wear contact lenses. The long-term risk of microbial
keratitis has not been determined for this lens. Post-marketing studies are in
progress.
Precautions: Some patients will not be able to tolerate continuous wear
even if able to tolerate the same or another lens on a daily wear basis. Some
patients who are able to tolerate continuous wear will not be able to wear
their lenses continuously for 30 nights. Patients should be carefully evaluated
for continuous wear prior to prescription and dispensing, and eye care
professionals should conduct early and frequent follow-up examination to
determine ocular response to continuous wear.
Side effects: During the one-year US study of the PureVision lens
(spherical), 2.9% of the 820 eyes that were fit with the PureVision lens in one
eye experienced infiltrative keratitis. Other less serious side effects were
mild forms of dryness, discomfort, and burning and stinging.
Contraindications: The lens should not be used in the presence of any
inflammation, infection, disease or injury in or around the eye or eyelids that
interferes with contact lens wear. The lenses should not be used by individuals
who have a systemic disease or an allergic condition that might interfere with
contact lens wear.
Consult the Package Insert for complete information about PureVision
Multi-Focal contact lenses.
9 Data on file, Bausch & Lomb Incorporated.
