Translating Bifocal Soft Contact Lens
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Translating Bifocal Soft Contact Lens
PRACTITIONER FITTING GUIDE | Translating Bifocal Soft Contact Lens 1 Looking good, feeling great! Leaders in contact lens design and manufacture for over 40 years, Gelflex has built its reputation on innovation, quality and research. Gelflex Laboratories is an innovative contact lens manufacturer based in Perth, Western Australia, that produces a range of specialised custom-made and frequent replacement contact lenses to improve the vision, comfort and appearance of its wearers. Gelflex was founded in 1971 and today the company is operated and managed by contact lens specialists who understand how to deliver quality service to practitioners and innovative contact lens products for their customers. Gelflex is also Australia’s only manufacturer of disposable contact lenses. All Gelflex products are fully produced in-house under strict quality control systems. 2 TRITON® 3 TRANSLATING BIFOCAL SOFT CONTACT LENS The TRITON® Translating Soft Bifocal Contact Lens is a translating bifocal lens that is of a true bifocal lens design with defined areas for both distance and near vision. LENS FITTING The TRITON® Translating Soft Bifocal Contact Lens allows for full precise optical correction to be incorporated in the lens, providing patients with optimal visual acuity at both near and far distances ‘without compromise’. The lower lid is an important factor in the correct successful fitting of the TRITON® Translating Soft Bifocal Lens, as the lower lid enables lens translation to occur. The TRITON® Translating Soft Bifocal Lens is approved by the American FDA. LENS MATERIALS Methafilcon A 55% water content. Blue Visibility Tint. Hioxifilcon 49% water content. Blue Visibility Tint. The fitting of a TRITON® Translating Soft Bifocal Contact Lens must be evaluated with the use of a TRITON® diagnostic fitting set. There are two important considerations for the successful fitting of the TRITON® lens: 1. Defining the correct position of the near segment position. 2. The position of the lower lid relative to the limbus. DIAGNOSTIC FITTING SET The diagnostic lens set consists of Four lenses. Distance power: Plano Reading addition: +2.00 D. Each TRITON® lens has two location dots at 3 and 9 O’clock position. As the near segment line cannot be easily seen on the lens, location dots mark the position of the near segment of the lens. Location Marker Dots 1mm Reading Markersegment Dots 4 LENS DETAILS & INFORMATION LENS DETAILS Base Curve Diameters Segment Position Tint 8.60 15.0/13.4 or 14.5/13.4 Seg. on centre Blue 8.60 15.0/13.4 or 14.5/13.4 Seg. 0.5mm down Clear 8.60 15.0/13.4 or 14.5/13.4 Seg. 1.00mm down Blue 8.60 15.0/13.4 or 14.5/13.4 Seg. 1.50mm down Clear SELECTING THE BASE CURVE Fit the lens 1.00mm flatter than the mean ‘K’ for a 15.00 mm diameter lens. Fit the lens 0.80mm flatter than the mean ‘K’ for a 14.50mm diameter lens. For all calculations where the mean ‘K’ is between radii, use the flatter base curve. The diagnostic lens fitting set is designed to only establish the correct position of the near segment position of the lens. Image C If the location dots are positioned below the center of the patient’s pupil, the patient will need to raise his/her chin to allow the near portion of the lens to be in the correct place. A lens with a higher near segment position is indicated. INSERT A TRITON® DIAGNOSTIC LENS With the patient looking in the primary gaze, use your slit lamp, to check where the location marker dots are positioned. Image A The correct position of the lens near segment is when the marker dots are positioned at the lower edge of the patient’s pupil when the patient is looking in the primary gaze. Image B If the location dots are positioned above the center of the pupil, the patient will need to lower his/her chin to look over the reading portion. Image A Marker Dots Image B Marker Dots A lens with a lower near segment position is indicated. Image C Marker Dots RECOMMENDED FITTING PROCEDURE FOR TRITON® CONTACT LENSES LENS POWER CALCULATION RECOMMENDED FITTING PROCEDURE The lens power is calculated empirically in the same way as a normal spherical and toric lenses. Following a routine clinical examination, the TRITON® diagnostic evaluation follows. RECOMMENDATION To allow for the range of near and intermediate vision, it is recommended that the reading power be reduced by 0.25D in the dominant eye and increased by 0.25D in the non-dominant eye. Example: With a reading add of +2.50 and right (OD) eye dominant. Recommended Lens ordered: Right eye (OD) +2.25 and Left eye (OS) +2.75. ASTIGMATIC CORRECTION It is important that the patient’s full astigmatic correction be incorporated in the lens in order for the presbyopic patient to achieve optimal visual clarity. It is recommended that astigmatic powers of 0.50D and above be incorporated in the lens. LENS IDENTIFICATION To assist patients in identifying the right and left lenses, the right (OD) lens is marked with a black dot at 12 O’clock. CONTRA INDICATIONS Patients who are not good candidates for the TRITON® lens include: • Patients with very loose lower lids. • Patients whose lower lid is well below the lower limbus of the eye; and • Patients with extremely narrow lid apertures. For patients with large apertures, a lens with a high near segment position is indicated. Depending on the patients ‘K’ readings, calculate the base curve of the indicated lens. Use the trial lens of the indicated base curve for the initial trail lens fitting. This will allow for the lens to locate well and for the accurate determination of the near segment position. Examine the lens on the eye through the slit lamp, with the patient looking in the normal primary gaze position: 1. Assessment is made of the position of the two 3 and 9 location dots . The correct position is when the location dots are in line with lower portion of the patients pupil in normal lighting conditions. 2. Assessment is made of the relationship between the contact lens truncation and the lower lid. If the lower lid is below the limbus, a lens of with a higher segment position is indicated. Note: Assessment of each eye should be done individually Lenses with different segment settings may be needed. Once the correct lens reading segment position has been established, the base curve and the patient’s lens powers are calculated empirically. This can be done using Gelcalc to do the necessary calculations. 5 6 RECOMMENDED FITTING PROCEDURE continued >> AT THE DELIVERY VISIT GOLDEN RULE 1. Do not make a change unless there is a major problem and until the patient has worn a lens for at least one week. 2. 3. Check the patient’s visual acuities at both far and at near. Explain the need for the patient to look in the correct position so that the far and near portion of the lens is in the correct position for clarity at the required distances. Check and record the position of the marker dots. Raise the top lid. Ask the patient to look down. Check to see that the lens is engaging on the lower lid and that the translocation is effective. A movement of 0.50mm to 1.00mm is ideal. If translocation is not effective a lens of a flatter base curve is indicated. Explain that as bifocal contact lenses need to be slightly thicker than normal contact lenses, there might be some initial awareness of the lens. This sensation is normally readily adapted to. If the patient’s visual acuities are acceptable, then the patient is instructed in the normal initial soft lens-wearing schedule that is increased over the following week. Instruct the patient to have worn the lenses for at least 3 - 4 hours a day and to wear the lenses at the one-week review. At the one-week review, note distance and near acuities and perform the slip lamp examination as outlined above. If the lens does not translate, a flatter base curve is needed. If visual acuity decreases after wearing the lens, the lens is too steep. A looser fitting lens or material change may be needed. If diplopia is experienced, the patient may be catching the edge of the reading segment. Check the segment position. A lower segment may be indicated. Modifications are then ordered if needed. Schedule an appointment for the patient to be reviewed in one week’s time. If you have any queries about the process, please contact our Technical Team at Gelflex on (08) 9443 4944. TRITON® is a registered trademark. TRITON® Translating Bifocal Contact Lens. Patent - USA & Australia. (Pending Europe & Japan) FDA Registered. The TRITON® Translating Soft Bifocal Contact Lens The world’s first translating soft bifocal lens. A soft bifocal lens that provides uncompromising clarity at both far and at near ‘without compromise’. CONTACT LENSES Australian made and inspired. Looking good, feeling great! T +61 8 9443 4944 F +61 9 9443 4147 E [email protected] 52 Mulgul Road, Malaga Western Australia 6090 www.gelflex.com The content of this booklet is correct at the time of print, February 2015.