Sept. 16, 2015
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., announced the launch of a new lens with a tear-infused design, ACUVUE OASYS Brand Contact Lenses 1-Day with HydraLuxe Technology, “to provide excellent comfort and vision throughout a day full of activities.” The new lens will launch worldwide at the beginning of 2016.
For a majority of contact lens wearers (59 percent)2, contact lens performance declines throughout the day. This rate of decline correlates with the number of activities the contact lens wearer performs in a day, and research shows that a full day of activities can lead to eye fatigue or the feeling of tired eyes.
“We honed in on the human insight that patients need contact lenses that can keep up with the daily demands of today’s modern life,” says Millicent Knight, OD, vice-president of professional affairs, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. North America. “This includes looking at computers, smartphones, or even living in air-conditioned buildings. Each one is a potential contributor to destabilizing the natural tear film throughout the course of the day, causing a decline in contact lens performance.”3
ACUVUE OASYS 1-Day with HydraLuxe Technology is designed to help keep contact lens wearers comfortable throughout the day. There are four key technology advances in the lens to help address this unmet patient need:
• Tear-infused material, complementing the natural tear film with an enhanced network of tear-like molecules, that integrates with contact lens wearers’ own tear film each day.
• Electrolyte-balanced packaging solution to mimic human tears.
• Enlarged optics to help wearers to see clearly even when their pupils may be enlarged due to low light.
• Increased lens diameter to ensure full corneal limbus coverage during blinking.
“Tears are the key to this innovation,” says Peter Shen, vice-president, Worldwide Research & Development, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. “We know tears are essential to provide a smooth optical surface, provide oxygen to the cornea, and moisturize and lubricate the eyes to facilitate natural blinking. The tear-like molecules in ACUVUE OASYS 1-Day with HydraLuxe Technology mimic mucins, which lubricate and moisturize the eye and help support a stable tear film even through our most demanding days.”
ACUVUE OASYS 1-Day with HydraLuxe Technology is designed to work consistently throughout the day to help support a stable tear film. According to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, “In a head-to-head comparison with Dailies Total1 in 119 people who wore both lenses for a week, ACUVUE OASYS 1-Day with HydraLuxe Technology was preferred 2:1 overall, with excellent performance in comfort, vision and handling, including ease of removal.“1
A New Design to Provide Superior Experience
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care says the EYE-INSPIRED Design behind ACUVUE OASYS 1-Day with HydraLuxe Technology was to develop a tear-like lens, not simply water based, in order to help support a patient’s tear film each day. The company says that , unlike water-gradient designs, a tear-infused contact lens is smoother at the surface, has a uniform composition throughout the lens and has consistent performance over time.
References
1 n=119, 4-7 days of 1-day wear. Preference results are among those with a preference.
2 Mathews K. et al. Exploring Variability in Soft Contact Lens Performance throughout the Day. Abstract. 2015 American Academy of Optometry (AAO) Annual Meeting. October 8, 2015.
3 Craig JP, Willcox MDP, Argueso P, et al. The TFOS International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort: Report of the Contact Lens Interaction with the Tear Film Subcommittee. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013; 54 (11):TFOS123-TFOS156.
