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Acuvue (from "Accurate view") is a brand of disposable contact lenses made by Johnson & Johnson Vision (JJV), a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (J&J). [1]
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Acuvue (from "Accurate view") is a brand of disposable contact lenses made by Johnson & Johnson Vision (JJV), a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (J&J). [1]
Acuvue lenses got their start at Frontier Contact Lens Company, founded in Buffalo, New York in 1959 by Dr. Allen Isen, George Sitterle, and Dr. William Feinbloom. [2] Its early growth was attributed to its highly successful toric lens. In 1962, Seymour Marco joined the venture and Frontier moved its operations to Jacksonville, Florida. [3] With 30 employees, Frontier manufactured a line of hard contact lenses through the 1970s.
During the 1970s, Frontier developed a new material (etafilcon A), and the company began making soft lenses. Frontier was among the first in the US to take this material, widely used in Europe, and combine it with a lathe cutting process to produce soft contact lenses. [2]
In 1981, Johnson & Johnson acquired Frontier Contact Lenses and renamed the company Vistakon. [2] The production process at the time of sale was very manual—every employee on the production line handled the lenses, whether they were lathing, polishing, or inspecting. Vistakon decided to invest in a new production process in order to scale.
Utilizing Stabilized Soft Molding (SSM) technology, Vistakon undertook a major overhaul in its production processes. As a result, Acuvue was introduced to the market in 1987. The lens was originally indicated for seven-day extended wear and later became a daily wear lens. [4] Eventually the product line grew to range from the 1-day wear to two-week lenses such as the Acuvue 2 and Oasys and the Vita monthly lens.
All but one of Vistakon's manufacturing facilities are located in the United States. That exception is a plant located in Limerick, Ireland. [5]
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Surevue was also produced by Vistakon but not under the Acuvue brand. Surevue contact lenses were a less expensive alternative to Acuvue.
Bausch & Lomb is an American-Canadian eye health products company based in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the world's largest suppliers of contact lenses, lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products. The company was founded in Rochester, New York, in 1853 by optician John Bausch and cabinet maker turned financial backer Henry Lomb. Until its sale in 2013, Bausch + Lomb was one of the oldest continually operating companies in the United States.
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