A CL innovation to address presbyopic astigmats’ needs

While there are now many options available to eye care professionals (ECPs) to correct spherical, astigmatic and presbyopic prescriptions with soft contact lenses for their patients, many contact lens (CL) wearers do not always have their prescription fully corrected, especially as it changes with the onset of presbyopia. Existing and emerging presbyopes will need forthcoming advice on how best to correct their vision with CLs, and if they, like around 40% of the vision corrected population, also have at least 0.75DC of astigmatism,¹ then the need for a reliable toric multifocal lens becomes clear. In fact, it is estimated that one-third of toric CL wearers are of presbyopic age² and ECPs may reasonably expect to be faced with increasing numbers of astigmatic presbyopes seeking correction options with CLs.