Product: Eyeris Daily
Top Line: After 18 months of fundraising with private practice optometrists, Nashville-based start-up, Eyeris is releasing Eyeris Daily, its daily disposable contact lens. The lens is “extremely comfortable, breathable, and soft on the eye… When purchased with annual vision insurance benefits it is also the most affordable yearly supply of a daily lens,” according to Eyeris.
Close Up: The Eyeris Daily features an 8.5 base curve and a 14.3 diameter. This custom profile makes the lens un-substitutable online, Eyeris said, while noting that the lenses are available only through optometrists, who can benefit from a high profit margin when prescribing them. A custom engineered mixture of emollients, hydration agents and a cushioning agent gives patients a “wow-factor” when initially inserted, Eyeris said. The softness of the Hioxifilcon lens material and its hydration characteristics carry patients to the end of the day with comfort.
Vital Stats: Eyeris Daily is only available through Eyeris’ network of “top optometrists.” Along with the lens, Eyeris offers trial lens packaging made from their own recycled contact lens molds. “The Eyeris trial lens box doubles as a functional travel case and is made from the recycled molds of all of our lenses, which is an industry first,” said Jeff Sonsino, OD, FAAO, and co-founder of Eyeris. The colorful eye-shaped case can be used repeatedly to store lenses when traveling. The case also utilizes RFID technology in the lens parameter label for state-of-the-art inventory management. This technology helps Eyeris during distribution and fulfillment, but also ensures that optometrist offices do not have to worry about counting inventory for their displays. Each night the display self-counts and re-orders what the office needs. The trial lens packaging was the developed by Eyeris CEO and co-founder, Andy Barrow.
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