Table 1 of Luensmann, Mol Vis 2010; 16:79-92.

Table 1. List of contact lenses investigated in this study.

Trade name USAN FDA Manufacturer Surface modification Water content (%) Principal monomers
ACUVUE® 2™ Etafilcon A IV Johnson & Johnson, Jacksonville, FL none 58 HEMA, MAA
AIR OPTIX™ AQUA Lotrafilcon B I CIBA Vision, Duluth, GA 25 nm high refractive index coating 33 DMA, TRIS, siloxane macromer
PureVision® Balafilcon A III Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY Plasma oxidation (glassy islands) 36 NVP, TPVC, NVA, PBVC

DMA N,N-dimethylacrylamide; HEMA 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate; MAA methacrylic acid; NVA N-vinyl aminobutyric acid; NVP N-vinyl pyrrolidone; PBVC poly[dimethylsiloxyl] di [silylbutanol] bis[vinyl carbamate]; TPVC tris-(trimethylsiloxysilyl) propylvinyl carbamate; TRIS trimethyl siloxy silane.

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