These lenses consist of a rigid gas permeable lens gp surrounded by a soft lens skirt figure 1.
Hybrid contact lenses.
Hybrid contact lenses such as the clearkone brand are designed to vault over the cornea minimizing the risk of corneal scarring.
Keratoconus is often associated with allergy and itchy eyes and the hard edge of the lens can irritate some people to the extent that comfortable wear is not possible.
What are hybrid contact lenses.
Hybrid contact lenses are great for most patients with corneal astigmatism.
Synergeyes hybrid contact lenses the early generations of hybrid contact lenses were plagued with durability problems due to the difficulty in bonding the soft skirt to the gas permeable lens in the center.
Hybrid lenses best of both worlds approach combining the visual performance of a rgp lens with the comfort of a soft lens makes them a powerful tool in the armoury of the modern contact lens fitter in regular high street contact lens practice.
Hybrid contact lenses now prescribed empirically.
Piggyback lenses are rarely used now since hybrid lenses and scleral contact lenses both provide better vision comfort and ocular health.
The gp optics provided both near and distance vision all in one lens.
A hybrid contact lens is a specialized contact lens that may be an option for you if you are uncomfortable wearing rigid gas permeable contact lenses hybrid contact lenses attempt to give people the visual acuity of a rigid gas permeable lens with the comfort of a soft contact lens.
There are many types of hybrids available including multifocals.
Hybrid lenses correct for corneal astigmatism without a prism ballast system.
Carlsbad ca june 1 2020 synergeyes inc a leading expert in specialty contact lenses announces a new way to prescribe hybrid contact lenses without having to reach for a diagnostic set.
This used to mean giving up on contact lenses and making do with the poorer vision provided by glasses.
Hybrid contacts retain their shape better than soft contact lenses which results in crisper and more consistent vision.
Synergeyes kc was the first hybrid contact lens with fda clearance specifically designed for patients with keratoconus.
Hybrid contact lenses are usually prescribed for patients suffering from keratoconus a progressive eye disease in which the cornea becomes thinner and bulges forward taking the shape of a cone.
Synergeyes mf was the first synergeyes hybrid contact lens that offered multifocal optics.
The special characteristics of a hybrid contact lens are that they have the rigid gas permeable lens gp to correct the astigmatism but it is surrounded by a skirt of a soft lens.