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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Optom Vis Sci. 2010 Jun;87(6):440–447. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181dc9a1a

Table 1.

Soft contact lens materials and specifications; surface tension of packaging solutions.

Lens Brand Name
(Abbreviation)		 Material
(Manufacturer)		 Surface
Treatment		 % H2O Lens Specifications
Power (D)/Diameter (mm)/Base Curve
Radius (mm)		 Surface Tension of
Packaging Solutions
Mean ± SD (mN/m)
Acuvue 2 Etafilcon A
(Vistakon)		 None 58 −1.00/8.7/14.0 53.5 ± 1.8
Biomedics 55 Premier Ocufilcon D
(Cooper Vision)		 None 55 −1.00/8.6/14.2 41.6 ± 1.5
Extreme H2O Hioxifilcon D
(Hydrogel Vision)		 None 54 −1.00/8.6/14.2 37.9 ± 0.7
Proclear Omafilcon A
(Cooper Vision)		 None 62 −1.00/8.6/14.2 59.8 ± 2.5
AirOptix Night&Day Lotrafilcon A
(Ciba Vision)		 None, (Aqua Moister) 24 −1.00/8.6/13.8 68.1 ± 1.0
Accuvue Advance Galyfilcon A
(Vistacon)		 None, (Internal PVP) 47 −1.00/8.7/14.0 58.5 ± 2.3
Accuvue Oasys Senofilcon A
(Vistacon)		 None, (Internal PVP) 38 −1.00/8.8/14.0 46.5 ± 1.5
Biofinity Comfilcon A
(Cooper Vision)		 None 48 −1.00/8.6/14.0 44.5 ± 0.4
Focus Night&Day Lotrafilcon A
(Ciba Vision)		 Plasma coating 24 −1.00/8.6/13.8 66.5 ± 0.6
O2Optix Lotrafilcon B
(Ciba Vision)		 Plasma coating 33 −1.00/8.6/14.2 70.3 ± 0.6
PureVision Balafilcon A
(Bausch&Lomb)		 Plasma oxidation 36 −1.00/8.6/14.0 70.0 ± 0.2