CINCINNATI—Fused Kontacts, a division of Diversified Ophthalmics, is introducing a GP multifocal contact lens, SpectraVue translating progressive. The innovative design provides the same visual capabilities as a PAL spectacle lens but without the corridor limitations, according to Fused Kontacts. In limited release since February 2015, practitioners have found they can fit this tolerant design using an easy-to-follow fitting guide.

Manufactured using unique proprietary CNC lathe software, SpectraVue offers patients a spherical power upper segment, wide crescent progressive intermediate segment, and spherical power near correction. The crescent segment design and a radical new edge configuration have eliminated the need for truncation. The result is a GP lens that can be comfortably worn for 16 hours a day.

SpectraVue is available in all FDA-approved GP materials and colors, five standard diameters, standard seg heights, intermediate powers, and the full range of distance and near powers. All parameters are also fully customizable. As such, SpectraVue is a design intended for aspheric multifocal failures (soft or GP) and all patients who require sharp distance, near and intermediate visual acuity.

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