Art Optical Contact Lens, Inc. has launched a microvault option for its Ampleye scleral lens, designed for patients with hard-to-fit eyes.
Refresh me on the company.
Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Art Optical is the largest independent custom contact lens manufacturer in the United States.
The company offers custom soft lenses and specialty gas permeable (GP) lenses, as well as options for scleral, presbyopic, single, and specialty lenses.
Click here for a product rundown.
Now this scleral lens.
Approved by the FDA for ocular surface disease (OSD) and dry eye disease (DED), Ampleye was launched in 2016 as a fully-vaulting GP scleral lens that provides independent zone adjustments for “finite control of the complete fit,” according to Art Optical (more on that in a moment).
Elaborate on these zones.
The lens has a 16.5 mm optical diameter (with smaller diameter options available) and four zones (listed below).
- Central vault
- Peripheral cornea
- Limbal lift
- Scleral landing
Each zone is capable of being independently controlled using the company’s proprietary Spline Science Technology, which connects and smooths the lens junctions to make each zone independent.
I need a visual.
Watch this demo.
Talk about its features.
The Ampleye can be fit based on a patient’s condition (instead of K-readings) and includes a 9 lens diagnostic set that covers both prolate and oblate corneas.
A Hydrolock feature allows for symptom relief of DED and OSD, and the lens is also available as a front surface, center near, and simultaneous vision multifocal.
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And this new addition?
The customizable microvault creates an area of lift specific to the unique contour of the patient’s scleral, according to Art Optical.
The lens is designed to fully vault the cornea and limbus, gently landing on the sclera with 360° of alignment—all while ensuring minimal to no corneal involvement along with avoiding compression of conjunctival tissue.
Who are the target patients?
Patients with scleral abnormalities, such as filtering blebs or pinguecula.
For a walk-through of the fitting process on various corneal conditions, go here and click on “Virtual Trial Set.”
A virtual consultant is also available to share tips and recommendations on how to adjust the Ampleye fit based on patient types.
And where can I order this?
Click here.