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COMFORT MONTH AFTER MONTH
Proclear Compatibles Toric lenses also
offer you an easy-to-remember monthly
replacement schedule, letting you enjoy a
PROCLEAR®
C O M PAT I B L E S TO R I C :
clean, fresh pair of lenses every month.
And regular lens replacement helps
promote good ocular health.
G E T C O M F O RTA B L E .
S TAY C O M F O RTA B L E .
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Meeting the needs of those with astigmatism and other
vision conditions, CooperVision is one of the largest contact
lens manufacturers of premium quality contacts in the world.
For general information about eye care, vision conditions
and CooperVision contact lenses, visit our Website at
www.coopervision.com.
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of CooperVision, Inc. PC Technology is a trademark of CooperVision, Inc. and is licensed under patents owned by
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COMFORT THAT ’S ONE OF A KIND
BET TER COMFORT HOUR AFTER HOUR
Proclear soft contact lenses are the only lenses
If you have astigmatism, now you can experience
with FDA clearance for the claim: “may provide
the same all-day comfort enjoyed by non-astigmatic
improved comfort for contact lens wearers who
Proclear Compatibles lens wearers — a level of
experience mild discomfort or symptoms relating
comfort that can’t be found in ordinary soft lenses.
to dryness during lens wear.”
In fact, in a clinical study where patients wore a
WHAT IS ASTIGMATISM?
Astigmatism is a very common visual condition
caused by an irregularly shaped cornea. So
Proclear Compatibles lens in one eye and an
ordinary lens in the other, the Proclear Compatibles
lenses were consistently rated as more comfortable
throughout the day, hour after hour.†
common, nearly half of all those requiring vision
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Comfort Scale 1–10
correction have this condition.
If you have astigmatism, Proclear® Compatibles
Toric soft contact lenses offer you unmatched
comfort and outstanding vision quality. They’re
A normal cornea has a round
shape, like a basketball.
An astigmatic cornea is more
oblong, like a football.
especially beneficial if you’re one of the 50% of
A normal cornea has a round shape, like a
lens wearers who experience discomfort or
basketball. The astigmatic cornea is more oblong,
dryness, or if you spend a lot of time looking
with more of a football shape. Instead of a single
at a computer screen or in climate-controlled
focal point for light rays entering your eye, this
environments.
irregular shape results in multiple focal points,
This unrivaled level of comfort is yours, thanks
creating visual distortion and blurriness. If left
to revolutionary PC TechnologyTM, which has
uncorrected, this distortion can cause eyestrain
created a unique soft contact lens material
and headaches.
containing a synthetic form of phosphorylcholine
THE PROCLEAR COMPATIBLES
TORIC SOLUTION
(PC), a substance found naturally in human
cell membranes. These PC molecules bind and
surround themselves with water, and it’s this that
An eye with astigmatism has light rays
that converge at different points away
from the back of the eye.
helps keep the lenses moist and comfortable, even
after 12 hours of wear.*
When a Proclear Compatible Toric lens is
placed on the front of the eye, it focuses
light rays from different points onto a
single focal point at the back of your eye,
resulting in dramatically improved vision.
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