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SynergEyes launches new hybrid lens for keratoconus

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CARLSBAD, Calif. — SynergEyes has launched a new hybrid contact lens specifically designed for patients with keratoconus, the company announced.

Available in limited release in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, the patent-pending ClearKone lens features a vault design and reverse geometry landing system that is optimized to vault the predominant irregularities of the keratoconic cornea without compromising the integrity of the corneal surface. In addition, the hybrid platform centers the optics over the visual axis to decrease aberrations and coma.

"SynergEyes recognized the need to develop a hybrid contact lens design that could fit a much broader spectrum of keratoconus patients, including oval cones, highly advanced central cones, decentered cones and depending on the specifics of the case, globus keratoconus and pellucid marginal degeneration," Kellie Kaseburg, vice president of global marketing for SynergEyes, said in the release. "The ClearKone lens does just that and will allow many more keratoconus patients to experience the benefits of hybrid technology."

SynergEyes plans to enact a controlled launch of the ClearKone lens in September.