ADVERTORIAL
SOLOCARE AQUA®
Lens Protection And All-day Comfort
By Shalu Pal, OD, FAAO
Toronto, Canada
Choosing the right lens and pairing it
with proper lens care is important. At
a minimum, a cleaning and disinfecting
system must be safe for the ocular surface, effective at eliminating pathogenic
microorganisms, and it must enhance
lens comfort. The SOLOCARE AQUA®
Lens Care System provides an extra
safety component for added benefits for
patients.
SOLOCARE AQUA® All-in-One Solution has a proven track record as
a safe and effective soft lens care
solution. Polyhexanide (0.0001%)
is the preservative and disinfectant
in this solution. Its unique chemical
structure selectively attacks the
cell walls of microorganisms. Polyhexanide binds to clearly exposed
phospholipids on the outer plasma
membranes of microorganisms.
The result is a safe ocular surface.1
Often, the most forgotten part of
a good lens care regimen is the
lens case. Many microorganisms
secrete a protective membrane, a
biofilm, when they come in contact
with a surface. This biofilm renders the
microorganism resistant to disinfectants
in contact lens solutions.2
Antibacterial MicroBlock ® lens case kills bacteria on contact
SOLOCARE AQUA® contains two key
comfort ingredients. Provitamin B5 (dexpanthenol) surrounds the lens and adds
moisture, and sorbitol absorbs and binds
moisture to the lens. Together, these
agents create the HydroLock® effect that
locks in moisture to improve hydration
for all-day comfort (figure 1) SOLOCARE
AQUA® is well accepted by patients,
who report high levels of comfort according to studies by Amos in 2004 and
Miller and Dillehay in 2007.
Average Reduction of Challenge Inoculum
after 24hrs Exposure
CFU/ml
2.0E + 07
Anti-bacterial
case sample
1.5E + 07
Control case
sample
1.0E + 07
0.5E + 06
Avg. inoculum
challenge level
-1.1E + 07
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SA
EC
SM
Challenge microorganism
Efficacy of an Anti-Microbial Lens Case, Melanie George MS, Marc Ajello BS,
Mark Tsao PhD, Allen Gillard BS and Alicja Sills MS - CIBA Vision Corporation,
Duluth, GA – A Novartis Company
Various studies have shown that 20%
to 80% of lens cases are contaminated
with bacteria, fungi and other pathogenic organisms, and their biofilms render
solutions ineffective against them. The
result is pathogenic transfer to the corneal surface when lenses are applied.
SOLOCARE AQUA® breaks down this
barrier with its unique MicroBlock® case.
The case and cap are impregnated with
ant