New design concepts for permeable rigid contact lenses.
Gas permeable rigid lens materials offer the opportunity to reevaluate contact lens design. This paper presents the rationale and procedures followed in the development of a design concept for the Polycon lens material.
D003261:Contact Lenses; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004487:Edema / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010539:Permeability; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012828:Silicones
D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D012828:Silicones