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Product: Alcon Air Optix plus HydraGlyde multifocal contact lenses
Top Line: Alcon is expanding its multifocal portfolio with the launch of Air Optix plus HydraGlyde multifocal contact lenses, the first and only contact lens to bring together two advanced technologies designed to provide long-lasting lens surface moisture and deposit protection, Alcon said. This latest innovation offers presbyopic patients a unique combination of technologies for seamless vision at all distances, plus enhanced moisture benefits, compared to Air Optix Aqua.
Close Up: Air Optix plus HydraGlyde multifocal lenses incorporate Alcon’s Precision Profile design together with the HydraGlyde molecule, which enables clear, seamless vision at all distances, lasting lens surface moisture through the HydraGlyde Moisture Matrix, and excellent deposit protection and consistent comfort with the SmartShield technology, Alcon noted in its launch announcement. The “unique culmination of technologies gives presbyopic patients and ECPs improved solutions for addressing patients’ needs for clear and comfortable vision,” Alcon added.
The new lenses will be widely available beginning Oct. 1, Alcon said.
Vital Stats: Alcon’s multifocal contact lens portfolio equips ECPs with options to meet the diverse and specific needs of presbyopes with a single, easy-fitting process. The unique design of all Alcon multifocal contact lenses follows the same two-step initial fitting process that leads to a 96 percent rate of fit success with two lenses or less. To help increase efficiency and improve first-time fit success of its multifocal contact lenses, Alcon has more than doubled its hands-on multifocal contact lens fit trainings at the Alcon Experience Center, while also increasing offerings of its proprietary Multifocal Fit Training Road Shows, which brings the training right to the practitioner’s office, the announcement noted.
Each lens across the Alcon multifocal portfolio is specifically designed to address the presbyopic eye. Dailies Total1 multifocal contact lenses are ideal for patients in search of the ultimate contact lens-wearing experience in a daily disposable modality, while the new Air Optix plus HydraGlyde multifocal lenses are recommended for the patient who wants a monthly replacement contact lens. These options allow ECPs an increased flexibility across Alcon’s daily and monthly modality, with the newest contact lens technologies, to best meet the needs of the millions of Americans living with presbyopia.
https://www.airoptix.com/; https://www.alcon.com/