Acuvue Contact Lenses History and Introduction

Hey guys, I'm here to give you guys a short history of Acuvue Contact Lenses and will review the contact lenses in a following post. Please view my article on which modality (Dailies, Bi-weeklies, Monthlies) to choose which lens best fits your style when picking contact lenses. We will be looking at

Dailies
- 1-Day Acuvue Moist (Astigmatism)
- 1-Day Acuvue Define (color contacts)
- 1-Day Acuvue Moist Multifocal
- 1-Day Acuvue TruEye
- 1-Day Acuvue Oasys (Astigmatism)


Biweekly
- Acuvue Oasys (Astigmatism)
- Acuvue Oasys Presbyopia

Monthly
- Acuvue Vita

First a little history of Acuvue. Acuvue first mass-marketed disposable contact lenses in 1987 under the name ACUVUE Brand Contact Lenses.

In 1995 they created the world's first daily disposable. It eliminated the eed to clean and store lenses as they were replaced with a new steril pair every day.

In 1997 they introduced UV protection to all of their lenses, which to this day many popular lenses still do not have.

In 2005 the Acuvue Oasys brand contact lens was developed and was marked as a 2 week lens. It incorporated Hydraclear Plus, technology for increased moisture-wetting ability. They also use an Accelerated Stabilisation design technology instead of a weighted ballast design (thickening the bottom of the lens) to more quickly rotate the lens into place for astigmatic patients where the rotation of the lens is a concern.

In 2006 the 1-day Acuvue Moist lens was created. It included Lacreon Technology that embeded water-holding ingredients to mimic the natural state of the eye.

In 2008 1-day Acuvue TruEye contact lens was introduced. It was their first daily lens to use silicone hydrogel polymer allowing for much better breathability with a Dk of 100. It included Hydraclear Technology similar to the one in Acuvue oasys.

In 2014 1-day Acuvue Define was introduced to western countries from redesigns from Korea.

In 2015 1-day Acuvue Moist multifocals were intoduced

In 2016 Acuvue intorduced their first monthly lens Acuvue VITA

Also In 2016 Acuvue introduced their latest brand of dailies, Acuvue Oasys 1-day. They are made of Silicone Hydrogel material like Acuvue TruEye allowing for greater breathability with a Dk of >100. In Q2 of 2017 they added Astigmatism correction to their line.