Elements Hybrid

From - £85.00

Elements Hybrid is the result of over 5 years of intensive research & development by LCS laboratories, France. The innovative EyeBrid-inside technology underlying the hybrid lens enables the creation of a polymeric suture between the soft and RGP materials.

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When to use

For patients who suffer with:

  • Wearers of RGP lenses having problems relating to comfort, centration or stability
  • Keratoconus and other corneal irregularities, including highly complex irregular corneas
  • All astigmatisms that can potentially be fitted with RGPs
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Parameters

Materials

  • ESiH + uv blocker
  • RGP central zone: RoFlufocon D (blue)
  • Soft skirt: Filcon V3 (colourless)
Water ContentSilicone Hydrogel 50%
DkRGP central zone: 100 • Soft skirt: 50
Centre thickness0.20mm
DesignSpherical, Back/Front/Bi-Toric and Multifocal
RGP Diameter8.50mm and 10.00mm (for regular corneas)
Diameter14.90 mm (15.50 mm possible)
Base curveFrom 5.50 to 10.00 mm in 0.05 mm steps Back toricity from 0.30 to 1.80 mm in 0.05 mm steps
Soft SkirtJ 0.0 (standard skirt) – From -1.0 to +1.0 in 0.5 steps
PowerFrom -40.00 to +40.00 D in 0.25 D steps Cyl. from -0.50 to -6.00 D in 0.25 D steps – all axis
Wearing ScheduleDaily wear
Replacement6-monthly
Lens carePeroxide solution or multi-purpose solution for soft contact lenses (No7 recommends Oté Sensation) If a separate daily cleaner is needed No7 recommends Oté Clean

 

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Fitting Guide

Fit – Normal Cornea

  • BC = Kflat
  • Power = Spectacle refraction (vertex corrected)

Fit – Irregular Cornea

  • Fit the patient with an RGP from your standard RGP fitting set (TD < 9.5mm)
  • BC of RGP = BC of Elements Hybrid Lens

  • Power = P trial lens + over-refraction

Evaluate

  1. Assess visual acuity and over-refraction
  2. Perform a slit lamp examination and evaluate the lens as a soft lens
  3. Remove the lens after several hours of wear and check corneal integrity

Prescribe – Normal Cornea

  • Elements Hybrid with 10mm RGP zone
  • Example: Keratometry 7.45 @ 160/7.26 @ 070 | Spectacle refraction: -8.25/-1.50 x 160
  • Prescribe: Elements Hybrid 10mm – RGP zone 7.45/14.90/-7.50

Prescribe – Irregular Cornea

  • Elements Hybrid with 8.5mm RGP zone
  • Example: Keratometry: 6.80 @ 056/6.10 @ 146 | RGP Lens fitted: 6.60/8.80/-6.00 | Over-refraction: -2.25 6/6
  • Prescribe: Elements Hybrid 8.5mm RGP zone 6.60/14.90/-8.25

Steep Fit

  • Excessive fluorescein pooling under central zone
  • Reduced movement
  • Inadequate peripheral standoff