The woman said she recalled "losing her left contact lens several times" but never experienced any vision problems.

Those tiny colorful dinosaur toys that grow bigger underwater might hold the key to protecting astronauts as they journey through space.

Hybrid Contact Lenses: Combining the benefits of soft and RGP lenses, hybrid lenses are growing in popularity, offering users ...

Eye Contact Lens. 2013;39(1):115-124 ... especially for DD SiHy lenses. The relationships between CLs and MGDo, and between CLPC and MGD, remain unclear. Whether CLPC is a sequela of MGD, or ...

Within the major group of semisolid preparations, the use of hydrogel has expanded, both in cosmetics and in pharmaceutical preparations (Gowda et al., 2016). Hydrogels are appropriate for wound ...

In this work, we propose a multimodal solid-state soft sensor using hydrogel and silicone. By exploiting the conductance and transparency of hydrogel, we could deploy both optical and resistive ...

Objective: To report the therapeutic practice patterns of silicone hydrogel (SiH) bandage soft contact lenses (BSCL) and the resultant rate of microbial keratitis (MK). Methods: A retrospective ...

This solution is specifically designed for soft contact lenses, including silicone hydrogel lenses. Overall, we have found that Biotrue Hydration Plus Contact Lens Solution provides exceptional ...

pure silicone, because that allows the eye to "breathe"; but it doesn't wet, sticks to the eye and is uncomfortable. So all soft lenses have been made of hydrogel, which has a high water content ...

Monovision is the name given to the art and science of fitting contact lenses on a patient who has developed presbyopia. Presbyopia is the unavoidable change in vision that usually occurs at around 40 ...

Orthopedic researchers have developed a promising new nanoparticle hydrogel that can be injected directly into bones weakened by osteoporosis. In a study recently published in the journal Bone ...