Acuvue Bifocal - Overview

Acuvue Bifocal

Acuvue Bifocal

These lenses are specifically designed for people with presbyopia. Caused by the natural course of aging, presbyopia is a condition where the eye exhibits a progressively diminished ability to focus on near objects. Usually this can be corrected with reading glasses or with bifocal contact lenses, such as Acuvue Bifocal. Did you know that presbyopia currently affects about 100 million Americans?

Features and Benefits of Acuvue Bifocal

  • Acuvue Bifocal contacts are easy-to-use and comfortable enough to wear for up to 7 consecutive days.

  • An inside-out mark helps you to insert the lenses correctly every time.

  • Like most of the other Acuvue lenses, they are slightly tinted, so the lens is easier to recognize and handle plus a high level of UVA and UVB Blocking helps to protect portions of your eyes.

  • The PUPIL INTELLIGENT DESIGN technology provides optimal near and far vision to patients with presbyopia regardless of varying light conditions and regardless of lens rotation.

Who should wear Acuvue Bifocal?

  • These lenses should be considered by people with Presbyopia.

  • They are ideal for people who don't want to wear reading glasses or for any activity that combines close and sitant viewing such as photographing, golfing, etc.

What else should you know about these lenses?

Prescription Parameters

  • The standard diameter is 14.2mm.

  • Base curve is 8.5mm.

  • Available powers range from -6.00D to +9.00D in 0.25 increments and available adds are +1.00, +1.50, +2.00, and +2.50.

Lens Type

  • Acuvue Bifocal are disposable soft contact lenses.

  • The replacement schedule is 2 weeks (based on daily wear).

Material and other Technical Parameters

  • They are made of 42% Etafilcon A and 58% water.

  • The non-edge corrected Dk/t value is 37.3.

Package Details

  • 1 box contains 6 visibly tinted UVA and UVB blocking lenses immersed in a buffered saline solution.

Manufacturer

  • Vistakon, Division of Johnson and Johnson Vision Care, Inc.

Release Date

  • Acuvue Bifocal was introduced in 1998.

Common Misspellings

  • Common naming variations and misspellings for Acuvue Bifocal include Accuvue Bifocal and Acuview Bifocal.

 

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