ProductsThe Warm Contact lens warming device was invented by Mr Matthew Hadfield, a contact lens wearer, who found the process of fitting cool contact lenses each day painful. He found the discomfort significant enough to warrant seeking a solution to the problem and the Company was initially formed to research and commercialise a product to alleviate that problem.
In addition, the Company responded to the issue of patient non-compliance in daily lens case drying by incorporating an "active drying" feature into its design, so as to go some way toward addressing one of the major risk factors for eye infection, poor case hygiene. This active drying feature should result in reduced potential for patients to contract microbial Keratitis and provide a convenient and safe storage area in the bathroom for the storage container and lenses when not in use.
Subsequently, market research was undertaken and has shown that the process of fitting cool contact lenses each day can be uncomfortable and time consuming for some users. The cornea is sensitive to cold and a number of studies have researched the sensitivity of the cornea to thermal stimulation.
Laboratory studies have also shown that at certain bathroom temperatures lens cases may not dry between uses, providing an ideal environment for microbial growth, deposits of air born particles and other organisms known to exist in bathrooms.
“Less feeling of inserting something foreign into your body, a smooth process”
Our research has shown that fitting cool lenses was not only uncomfortable, particularly for new contact lens patients, but also caused a reduction in visual acuity after insertion until the cold lenses had warmed to normal body temperature. Lens pliability also improved resulting in reduced lens awareness as it was placed on the eye.
“Warmer lens settled into my eyes really well”
The Warm Contact Lens Warmer is an easy to use device designed to warm contact lenses in their container from ambient temperature to body temperature and improve lens case compliance by actively drying lens cases in an all-in-one unit. The product was developed to increase patient comfort during the regular contact lens fitting process and reduce the likelihood of patients experiencing microbial Karatitis.
It appears particularly effective in countries where atmospheric temperatures result in extended case drying times and where temperatures are seasonally lower than body temperature.
The Company now has two patent families pending and a number of design registrations on its product.