Homegrown company prides itself on product and service
Founded in 1987, Capricornia Contact Lens designs and manufactures lenses for irregular corneas, astigmatism, presbyopia, orthokeratology (two options), prosthetic lenses and all conceivable lens designs in between.
The company says its commitment to ISO regulatory compliance underpins its consistent and reliable quality in service and product; Capricornnia has just completed its third consecutive quality audit with zero non-conformances.
“We believe we have the speediest and most reliable delivery times with many lenses despatched on the day of ordering,” the company says, noting some of its key products are:
• Mark’ennovy – custom made to order, monthly disposables in an extensive range of fit and power, including BHVI EDOF and MYLO (TGA-registered for myopia management).
• SEED – Quality Japanese daily disposable lenses with a wide power range, also including BHVI EDOF technology.
• RoseK – offering the complete range of RoseK lens designs.
Whether practitioners are experienced or starting out in the specialist lens world, Capricornia is encouraging them to get in touch to discuss how it can assist them and their patients.
Email: info@capcl.com.au
HP-OCT offers accurate topography maps, unaffected by tear film
Cylite is an Australian-based company developing the next generation of diagnostic OCTs for optometry and ophthalmology. The company’s Hyperparallel OCT (HP-OCT) is described as a world-first, capturing accurate volumetric data of the eye, with particular advantages in the anterior segment.
“Scanning at an industry-leading 302,400 A-scans per second, the technology simultaneously images across a wide area of the eye with minimal motion artefacts, allowing the production of highly accurate and repeatable elevation and curvature maps of the cornea, ideal for contact lens fitting,” Cylite states.
According to the company, being OCT-based, its three-dimensional images of the anterior segment are not affected by artefacts caused by poor tear film, therefore can be used to produce various highly accurate topography maps of the anterior and posterior corneal surface. Additionally, the device produces valuable pachymetry and epithelial thickness maps.
Furthermore, for those clinicians utilising the HP-OCT for myopia management, axial length can also be captured in the same scan.
Email: info@cyliteoptics.com
A solution for a range of contact lens types
Ote Clean, available through Contact Lens Centre Australia (CLCA), is an optimal daily contact lens cleaner suitable for all plasma-coated lenses, including rigid gas permeable lenses and soft contacts. Its deep cleaning ability is designed to help the wearer see clearly without irritating their eyes.
Ote Clean is described as the best option to care for lenses, providing thorough daily cleaning. Ote Clean removes proteins and lipids, is alcohol based and contains no animal or toxic substances.
Active ingredients: non-ionic cleaning agents.
Preservative: polyhexanide biguanide.
Email: admin@clcaustralia.com.au
A truly portable – and unique – topographer
The OCULUS Easygraph corneal topographer offers the ideal solution for practices with limited space, mounting directly on to most slit lamp brands. The Easygraph is light and compact and therefore allows practitioners with multiple practices to move it between sites, making it a portable – and unique – topographer, according to supplier Designs For Vision.
Using the same precise measuring technology as its larger sibling, the Keratograph 5M, it measures topography and true keratometry which aids in finding the right base curve in quick time. Numerous analyses and display formats support the quantitative classification of the cornea, including refractive power comparison for pre and post ortho-K, and keratoconus screening and staging, with the ability to compare up to four maps over time to identify progression.
The optional Contact Lens Fitting module simulates fluorescein fits, and links to the databases of several contact lens manufacturers, adding confidence and trust to your contact lens consultations.
Email: cameron.loveless@paragoncare.com.au
Myopia control lens available to more patients
CooperVision MiSight 1 day contact lenses are now available in higher prescriptions. The expanded range covers -0.25D to -10.00D (0.50D steps after -6.00D)— which means that MiSight 1 day now covers 99.97% of prescriptions for Asian children – and 99.97% for Caucasian children – who have myopia and less than 1D of astigmatism.¹ The diopter extension for this innovative, specially designed lens will allow even more children to benefit from myopia management.
MiSight 1 day contact lenses are backed by the longest-running soft contact lens study among children.
Reference: 1. CVI Data on file, 2022. SERE coverage of childhood myopia prescriptions with MiSight 1 day for 104,810 eyes in Asia (China, Korea) and 116,336 eyes in Europe and USA aged 8-18 years.
Email: hello@au.coopervision.com
A new level of accuracy for scleral topography
Pentacam, utilising Scheimpflug technology, has long been relied upon for accurate corneal surface data for contact lens fitting. OCULUS took this further by developing the cornea scleral profile (CSP) to also capture scleral topography in a non-invasive way. Together with sagittal height data, this provides users with all necessary parameters for fitting scleral lenses.
Supplied by Designs For Vision, the Pentacam and Pentacam HR models can accurately preform CSP by capturing five scans which are automatically combined to create one cornea scleral map. However, for the ultimate user experience and reproducible data, the newest model, Pentacam AXL Wave, offers CSP Pro. This allows capture of more than 20 mm diameter in a single scan – described as a clear industry stand out – with both CSP Report and CSP Pro software able to link to the databases of several contact lens manufacturers, allowing for easy data transfer to the appropriate external lens calculator.
Email: cameron.loveless@paragoncare.com.au
Optopol REVO SD-OCT ‘a must have’ for contact lens fitting
Optopol REVO SD-OCT has a built-in anterior lens allowing the user to perform anterior segment imaging without installing an additional lens or forehead adapter. Now practitioners can display the whole anterior segment using a radial scan to view 18mm wide 6mm deep for various angles. This is a standard feature in any of the five REVO models.
T-OCT is a pioneering way to provide detailed corneal curvature maps by using posterior dedicated OCT. Anterior, posterior surfaces and corneal thickness provide the True Net Curvature information. With the net power, a precise understanding of the patient’s corneal condition is generated easily and free of errors associated with modelling of posterior surface. The REVO T-OCT module provides axial maps, tangential maps, total mower map, height maps, epithelium and corneal thickness maps.
Practitioners can customise their favoured view by selecting various maps and display options. Fully Automatic Capture with examination time of up to 0.2 sec makes testing simple. The T-OCT follow-up feature offers the ability to compare corneal topography changes over time in LASIK, keratoconus and contact lens wearers.
Email: sales@optimed.com.au
Triple action targets all layers of the tear film
Cationorm (cationic nanoemulsion) is a preservative-free, hydrating and lubricating emulsion eye drop which protects the eye surface, relieving the discomfort and irritation of persistent dry eye caused by prolonged use of contact lenses, or environmental conditions.¹
Its triple action repairs the lipid layer to reduce evaporation by lubricating and stabilising the tear film, and restores the moisture balance in the muco-aqueous layer of the tear film. It also forms a barrier to lock in moisture, giving dry eyes the time they need to heal.²,³,4,5
Administered as one drop, up to four-times daily in the affected eye, Cationorm is suitable for use with contact lenses,6 and gentle enough to use every day.7
PBS information: Cationorm Multi Dose (10mL). Authority Required (STREAMLINED) 6172. Refer to PBS Schedule for full authority information. Cationorm (30 x 0.4mL) is not listed on the PBS.
References available upon request. Learn more, visit Cationorm.com.au.
Email: orders@goodopticalservices.com.au
