Contact Lens Clinic

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About Contact Lens Clinic

Sankara Nethralaya Eye Hospital boasts a state-of-the-art Contact Lens Clinic, equipped to provide a wide range of high-quality contact lenses. Our team of highly qualified and experienced professionals ensures that patients receive the best lenses through scientific testing in a professional and welcoming environment. This commitment allows us to deliver optimal clinical care tailored to individual patient needs. We prioritize quality care for both normal and specialized contact lens fittings, with continuous training and updates to stay abreast of the latest advancements in the field. With extensive equipment for specific ocular measurements, our clinic excels in providing specialized contact lens fittings for corneas with pathology or those in post-surgical recovery.

Our Contact Lens clinic Fitting Goals

Our paramount objective in contact lens fitting is to identify the most suitable contact lens that ensures your optimal comfort and vision. The market offers an extensive array of types, styles, materials, sizes, and colors. We are dedicated to investing the necessary time and effort to find contact lenses that align perfectly with your needs.

While some patients may find the right fit in a single session, others may require multiple appointments. In our commitment to delivering the best outcomes, we believe that the additional time, effort, and patience invested in the fitting process are highly valuable. This not only contributes to your ultimate satisfaction but also safeguards the health of your eyes.

CL clinic Objectives

The Department has a primary focus on achieving the following objectives:

  • Promotion of Contact Lens Usage:
  • Delivery of Quality Products and Services
  • Patient Education and Training
  • Optometry Student and Fellow Training
  • Specialized Solutions for Complex Cases
  • Continuing Education Programs
  • Conduct Research Projects
Services Provided by us

Our Contact Lens Clinic offers a diverse range of services, including the dispensing of various types of contact lenses tailored to individual needs which include:

  • Soft Contact Lenses
  • Soft Toric lenses (Customized Torics)
  • Rigid Gas Permeable Lenses
  • Cosmetic lenses
  • Multifocal lenses for Presbyopia
  • Orthokeratology(OK)/ Corneal Refractive Therapy, or CRT® lenses for Myopia Control
  • Prosthetic lenses are advised to improve the aesthetics of injured, deformed, or disfigured eyes due to accidents, disease, or genetic abnormalities.
  • Bandage contact lenses
  • X Chrome lenses for color blindness or color vision deficiency enhance the perception of color differences by increasing the contrast.

Specialty Contact Lenses

Scleral Contact Lenses, Rose-K Lens Piggyback Lenses, Hybrid lenses are provided for Corneal ectatic conditions such as Keratoconus, Pellucid Marginal Degeneration, Keratoglobus, Terrien’s Marginal degeneration, Ocular surface disorders such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome, graft-versus-host disease, neurotropic keratitis, Severe Dry eyes, exposure keratitis and Corneal Scars resulting from injury, disease, infection, or surgery and post refractive surgical corneas.

Contact Lens Solutions

Solutions for Soft contact lenses, RGP lenses, Scleral lenses

Contact Lenses Accessories

Contact Lens Storage Case

Specialty lens-Scleral lens Application & Removal devices – Plunger & Remover

Our Contact Lens Clinic Facilities and Infrastructure

The Contact Lens Clinic is available at various locations, including Sankara Nethralaya Main (SN Main Campus), Jagadguru Kanchi Chandrasekharendra Nethranilayam (JKCN), Sankara Nethralaya RA Puram, and C U Shah Sankara Nethralaya (CUSSN).

Qualified Optometrists: Each clinic is staffed with qualified optometrists trained in contact lens fitting.

Comprehensive Facilities: Equipped with all necessary instrumentation and inventory facilities.

Trial Set Availability: Full trial sets of soft disposable, and other specialty lenses are available at all clinics for trial purposes.

Unique Services and Offerings

Full sets of Soft Disposable Lenses are available at Sankara Nethralaya Main.

Immediate issuance of lenses for at least 60% of patients fitted with soft lenses.

Sankara Nethralaya is a leading center for providing Scleral Contact Lenses in the country for patients with advanced corneal pathologies.

Rose-K lenses are fitted at a nominal cost with a short delivery time.

Toric Contact Lenses are fitted for patients with even high astigmatism.

CRT / Overnight Orthokeratology / Day wear Ortho K lenses available for Myopia control

Hygiene and Disinfection Practices

Optometrists are educated about disinfection and hygienic practices.

Clinics are equipped with well-designed hand wash and lens care regimen teaching facilities.

Trial lenses are maintained at high standards through regular disinfection and replacement procedures.

Disposable lenses are used when applicable and disposed of after single use in patients.

Our Achievements

We take pride in our achievements, having served approximately 7,500-8,000 contact lens patients annually. This includes around 5,000 regular patients and approximately 2,500 specialty lens patients. Our commitment to providing specialized care has contributed to the success and satisfaction of a diverse range of individuals seeking contact lens services.

Our team has published approximately 30 research papers and case reports in peer-reviewed journals. These contributions reflect our dedication to ongoing research, sharing insights, and furthering the understanding of contact lens-related advancements.

Our optometry team comprises individuals with exemplary qualifications, including Masters and Fellowships in prestigious organizations such as IACLE (International Association of Contact Lens Educators), Scleral Lens Society, and the American Academy of Optometry. This collective expertise underscores our commitment to delivering high-quality eye care and contact lens services to our patients.

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Vision Assessment

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Slit Lamp Evaluation

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Contact Lens Dispensing

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Soft Contact Lens insertion and removal

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Corneal topography measurement

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Scleral lens insertion

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Prosthetic Contact Lens

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Contact Lens accessories:
Scleral lens plungers and angular

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Barrel Case

Contact Details:

Contact Lens Clinic
Sri. V R Ramanatha Iyer block 1st floor
Sankara Nethralaya (Dr S S Badrinath Campus)
Telephone: 044-42271930
Mobile :09383571539
E-mail- cl@snmail.org