TECHNOLOGY
Unity BioSync® with HydraMist® offers contact lens wearers a high-quality product that promotes eye health in its design. Our daily disposable contact lenses allow someone to experience the best of both worlds: high oxygen permeability while providing a very comfortable surface to allow for all-day wear. We want to help patients maintain eye health and have quality vision through the use of Unity BioSync contact lenses.
HYDRAMIST TECHNOLOGYIn partnership with Tangible® Science, we developed HydraMist to enhance the wearing comfort of Unity BioSync’s silicone hydrogel material. HydraMist is a 90% water polymer that mimics the eye’s natural tear film. It is permanently bonded to the surface of the contact lens, effectively creating a mucin-like wetting surface on the underlying lens material and shielding it from the ocular surface and tear film.
The correct balance of moisture and oxygen is important because silicone-based materials are inherently hydrophobic, so any exposed silicone in a contact lens has the potential to be non-wetting. Additionally, in some patients, excessive lipids in the tear film may deposit onto the contact lens to create a foggy, hydrophobic surface. |
*Images courtesy of Tangible Science
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SILICONE HYDROGEL MATERIALSilicone hydrogel contact lenses offer an increased level of oxygen transmittance throughout the day. In fact, they allow up to five times more oxygen to permeate the lens and reach the surface and cornea of the eye—in comparison to standard hydrogel contact lenses. If oxygen can’t reach the cornea, Hypoxia can lead to blurry vision and red eyes, and the possibility of infections.
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONLearn more about Unity BioSync Contact Lenses with HydraMist and earn NCLE credit by taking our continuing education course found here.
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