Frequently Asked Questions

Practice: Illinois College of Optometry
Patient: 52 YO Female
Condition: Keratoconus, s/p intacs OD

Presentation:
Patient was diagnosed with keratoconus over 20 years prior. She had intacs and corneal cross linking OD. Her goal was to stay in soft contact lenses if possible.

Ocular History:
Keratoconus, intacs, corneal cross linking, ocular allergies

Prescribed Lenses:
Kerasoft IC STD
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Outcome:
20/20 OD
20/20-1 OS
Patient reports great vision and comfort all waking hours of day. She spends 8-10 hours per day on the computer and has no difficulties with lens wear.

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Practice: Illinois College of Optometry
Patient: 86 YO Female
Condition: Keratoconus, s/p PKP OS

Presentation:
Patient has a history of long term corneal GP wear for keratoconus. She presented for new corneal GPs after undergoing cataract surgery and a corneal transplant OS.

Ocular History:
Keratoconus, cataract surgery OD, cataract surgery OS, dry eye disease, allergic conjunctivitis, s/p PKP OS.

Prescribed Lenses:
RSB OS

The RSb Lens is our post-refractive surgery lens, reverse geometry configuration.
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Outcome:
Patient was 20/200 with her glasses and with the RSB lens, her VA improved to 20/25+. She is thrilled with her VA and improvement in quality of VA.

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Optometrist: Shelby Gross, OD
Practice: Heights Vision Specialists
Patient: 78 YO Male
Condition: Post LASIK & Cataract

Presentation:
OD: -4.00 -2.50 x 090
OS: – 0.75 -0.75 x 045 

Patient doesn’t want to wear glasses, “Anything but Glasses.” Conventional lenses aren’t working for him. He has difficulty seeing his lenses and ends up poking his eye when trying to insert them. 

Ocular History:
LASIK and cataract surgery OU. Patient had a retina detachment with a scleral buckle in his right eye. Severe dry eye.

Prescribed Lenses:
RSb front toric lens OD for monovision. Dr. Gross started him on a therapeutic regimen to optimize the ocular surface.We selected a well tinted corneal GP to assist in handling the lens during insertion.

OD: -4.00 -3.50 x 090

The RSb Lens is our post-refractive surgery lens, reverse geometry configuration.
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Outcome: BCVA 20/20
He is very happy with the outcome.

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Optometrist: Dr. Katherine Tran, O.D.
Practice: Eye Society, Houston, TX
Patient: 30 YO Female
Condition: Severe Dry Eye Disease

Presentation:
Patient presented with extreme dry eye and was previously advised against wearing contacts. She expressed a preference for contacts over glasses.

Ocular History:
The patient is a high myope with bilateral astigmatism. She can only count fingers without correction.
OS: -6.00 -1.00 x 031
OD: -6.25 -0.75 x 145

Vision: 20/400 OU

Prescribed lenses:
Standard GP Sphere in Optimum Infinite Blue, a hyper-Dk material, delivering 180 Dk, with Hydra-PEG surface treatment to optimize wettability and comfort.
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Outcome:
OU BCVA: 20/20

The patient loved the lenses immediately! She was thrilled to experience clear vision and was excited that she could wear contacts. She comfortably wears her contacts for 10 hours a day, & her dry eye symptoms have improved.

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