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About Us
Eaton Medical Corporation is a family owned business founded in 1984 in
Memphis, Tennessee. A breakthrough product developed by Eaton is
The Cleaner Accessory Padä
. With daily use, The Cleaner Pad solves a problem
common to all people who wear contact lens.surface plaque. The Cleaner
Accessory Pad ä can effectively remove surface plaque and protein from the
contact lens unlike any other cleaning method on the market today. Nicknamed by
eye care professionals as "The Plaque Buster", it can be used with any cleaning
solution that the lens wearer is currently using or one recommended by their
physician. Showing an extensive success report in the October '97 issue of
Contact Lens Spectrum, the "Plaque Buster" has become a household name
in the eye care community. Read a few of the testimonials
about this product.
With our focus on quality eye care products, Eaton produces
contact lens cases and post-mydriatic glasses on dedicated equipment using only
FDA grade plastics.
Contact lens cases are manufactured on a greaseless system
using no silicone in the process. We know that a lens case can be a significant
source of microbial contamination and to help prevent eye infections, lens
cases should be cleaned, rinsed, and air dried every day - and replaced
frequently. But what if after following proper disinfecting and storage of the
lens, the contact lens wearer continues to have problems relating to dry eyes
and discomfort? A simple answer could be case contamination with silicone[1].
As a shortcut in production, some lens case manufacturers spray silicone into
the molds to speed up the manufacturing process. The silicone can contaminate
the lens case. When cleaning agents are used in the cases, silicone can release
into the cleansing liquid thus contaminating the contact lens with silicone.
Imagine spraying a pan with a non-stick spray and then spraying water on the
pan. The water beads and rolls off. The same is true when a contact lens is
contaminated with silicone. The tear fluid in the eye does not pause and wet
the RGP or hard lens. The tear fluid simply rolls off. The silicone
contamination can prevent soft lens from absorbing the fluid. The resulting
interfacial drag can lead to an increased number of dropouts among contact lens
wearers due to discomfort. The manufacturing facilities at Eaton were designed
for cold-water release. Eaton uses only cold water and no release sprays. Eaton
manufactures silicone free contact lens cases in:
screw tops w/o-ring, deep well flat packs and
mailers. Eaton was the first manufacturer to offer a variety of
colors in contact lens cases. It was a simple idea and yet no one thought of it
until Eaton Medical Corporation came up with this unique concept. Now all major
manufacturers of contact lens cases offer cases in assorted colors.
[1] Silicone fluids (oils) are usually linear chains of
polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) that have a wide range of chain lengths and
molecular masses. Cyclic polydimethylsiloxanes also occur and are important
intermediates in the manufacture of the linear chain fluids. They are virtually
insoluble in water.
Eaton ships products all over The United States and to several international
markets. Eaton Medical Corporation believes our responsibility is to the Eye
Care Practitioners, their patients, the retailers and consumers who use our
products. Meeting their needs drives our dedication to make products of the
highest quality.
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