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Date: April 15, 2009 // Author: Gary Heiting, ODSynergeyes, Inc. (Carlsbad, CA), a manufacturer of hybrid contact lenses, has launched a new educational website for people seeking information about keratoconus and treatment of this eye disease with hybrid lenses. The site is called Sharing One Vision and is located at www.SharingOneVision.com.
Hybrid contact lenses have characteristics of both gas permeable contacts and soft contact lenses. The lenses have a central area made of rigid gas permeable (GP) plastic, surrounded by an outer region made of a soft lens material. The lenses provide the crisp optics of a GP contact lens and wearing comfort that is comparable to soft contact lenses, according to the company.
This combination may be a good match for eyes with irregular corneal shape, such as eyes with keratoconus. The GP center of a hybrid lens vaults over the irregular shape of the keratoconic cornea to provide sharper vision, and the soft peripheral portion helps the lens remain centered on the eye and causes less irritation to the eyelids than the edges of a conventional gas permeable lens.
The Sharing One Vision website offers information about keratoconus and educational videos on how to properly apply, remove and clean hybrid contact lenses. It also has a Doctor Locator directory to help you find an eye doctor that fits and prescribes Synergeyes lenses.
Tags: Hybrid Contacts, Keratoconus, Synergeyes
