Alcon Science Resource Library

A wettable contact lens surface is critical for maintaining a smooth and stable tear film.

CLD affects up to 50% of contact lens wearers and a key contributing factor to this is tear film instability.

DAILIES Total1® daily disposable contact lenses feature Water Gradient Technology and SmarTears® Technology, which provide a lens surface that is highly wettable, soft, and lubricious.

Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) can cause devastating damage to the eye and permanent vision loss.

Two fundamentally different principles of flap creation: the microkeratome mechanically separates the corneal tissue with the blade to create a flap, while in femtosecond LASIK a spatula is required to separate the stromal…

Our current lifestyle exposes us to an abundance of blue light in our daily lives in the form of laptops, cell phones and tablets

Multifocality in IOLs is achieved through refractive or diffractive optical approaches

Presbyopia represents an increasing medical challenge world-wide

Implementation of immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) into surgical practice may help improve efficiency and enable more patients to be treated, while maintaining excellent efficacy and safety outcomes