Effectiveness of artificial tears in the management of evaporative dry eye

LC McCann, A Tomlinson, EI Pearce, V Papa - Cornea, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To compare the efficacies of sodium hyaluronate, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose
(HPMC), and a new oil-in-water emulsion (Emustil unidose; SIFI) in the management of lipid …

Protein deposition and clinical symptoms in daily wear of etafilcon lenses

LN Subbaraman, MA Glasier, J Varikooty… - Optometry and Vision …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Purpose. To determine the relationship between clinical signs and symptoms and protein
deposition over 8 h of wear of etafilcon A lenses in symptomatic and asymptomatic contact …

Contact lens–related dry eye and ocular surface changes with mapping technique in long-term soft silicone hydrogel contact lens wearers

T Sengor, SA Kurna, N Ozbay, S Ertek… - European Journal …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose To evaluate ocular surface changes in long-term silicone hydrogel contact lens
wearers. Methods Thirty patients were included in this study. Twenty patients (40 eyes) …

[HTML][HTML] Noninvasive in vivo assessment of soft contact lens type on tear film surface quality

DH Szczesna-Iskander, DR Iskander… - … & Visual Science, 2012 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: To evaluate the effect of soft contact lens type on the in vivo tear film surface
quality (TFSQ) on daily disposable lenses and to establish whether two recently developed …

Tear film measurement

BT Gravely, DR Korb - US Patent 8,192,026, 2012 - Google Patents
6,198,540 B1 3/2001 Uedaet al. 6,236,459 B1 5/2001 Negahdaripour et a1. 6,299,305 B1
10/2001 Miwa 6,394,603 B2 5/2002 Miwa et al. 6,447,119 B1 9/2002 Stewart et al. D465 …

Ocular surface interferometry (OSI) methods for imaging and measuring ocular tear film layer thickness (es)

DR Korb, WL Weber, RB Chinnock, BT Gravely… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
2010-06-25 Assigned to TEARSCIENCE, INC. reassignment TEARSCIENCE, INC.
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors …

Ocular surface interferometry (OSI) devices and systems for imaging and measuring ocular tear film layer thickness (es)

DR Korb, WL Weber, RB Chinnock, BT Gravely… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
Ocular surface interferometry (OSI) devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for
measuring a tear film layer thickness (TFLT) of the ocular tear film, including lipid layer …

Contact lenses and the rate of evaporation measured in vitro; the influence of wear, squalene and wax

S Vishnubhatla, D Borchman, GN Foulks - Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 2012 - Elsevier
Accelerated evaporation of tears may contribute to dry eye symptoms. It is not clear whether
contact lenses decrease or increase the rate of evaporation of tears. In this study, the rates of …

Evaluation of sodium hyaluronate lubricating drops used before insertion of contact lenses on symptomatology, severity, and intensity of ocular dryness

L Michaud, B Frenette - International Scholarly Research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. This study aimed to evaluate outcomes from the use of a sodium hyaluronate (SH)‐
based comfort drop, instilled before the insertion of contact lenses, in a population of …

Cambios en la superficie ocular y en la película lagrimal durante 30 días de uso diario de lentes de contacto blandos de hidrogel e hidrogel de silicona

J Dávila, Y Romero… - Ciencia y Tecnología para …, 2012 - ciencia.lasalle.edu.co
Los cambios fisiológicos y morfológicos inducidos por los lentes de contacto (LC) se deben
principalmente a hipoxia, trauma mecánico y toxicidad, relacionados con el tiempo de uso …