PERIPHERAL CURVE DESIGN AND THE TEAR PUMP MECHANISM OF SOFT CONTACT LENSES
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Optometry and Vision Science
- Vol. 57 (6) , 356-359
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-198006000-00006
Abstract
The role of the peripheral curve of a soft lens in the supply of oxygen to the cornea via the tear pump mechanism is considered. A group of 18 patients was optimally fitted with spherical DuraSoft lenses, with and without peripheral curves; the absence of the peripheral curve did not adversely affect the physiological response of the cornea as determined by pachometric changes in central corneal thickness.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: