ALTIUS® Amber And Grey-Green Performance Soft Contact Lens

Eye doctors are reporting significant patient symptom relief with ALTIUS due to its unique spectral characteristics and total immersion.  Since ALTIUS covers the entire cornea, it eliminates all peripheral light leakage and lens reflections which can cause discomfort and pupillary response with sunglasses.  Sunglasses have provided only marginal success in reducing light sensitivity. ALTIUS reduces overall light transmission by 50% (Amber) and 62% (Grey-Green) while also filtering over 99% of harsh Blue Light, the best in the industry.  The unique ALTIUS Light Architecture with this level of Blue-Blocking has been demonstrated to relieve light sensitivity symptoms by previous research.  Further research is needed.

Eye doctors are reporting significant patient symptom relief with ALTIUS due to its unique spectral characteristics and total immersion.  Since ALTIUS covers the entire cornea, it eliminates all peripheral light leakage and lens reflections which can cause discomfort and pupillary response with sunglasses.  Sunglasses have provided only marginal success in reducing light sensitivity. ALTIUS reduces overall light transmission by 50% (Amber) and 62% (Grey-Green) while also filtering over 99% of harsh Blue Light, the best in the industry.  The unique ALTIUS Light Architecture with this level of Blue-Blocking has been demonstrated to relieve light sensitivity symptoms by previous research.  Further research is needed.

 Research shows soft contact lenses, such as ALTIUS, can withstand a minimum of 5 times the force required to create a corneal injury, which is common in sports such as basketball and water polo.  In addition, research shows ALTIUS Contact Lenses increase visual clarity, contrast and quickness.  These are the building blocks for such visual skills as depth perception, anticipation timing, and eye-hand, eye-foot and eye-body coordination, which are critical to most human performance, including collision avoidance.  Further research is needed.

ALTIUS Performance-Tinted Contact Lenses are intended for performance use.   These lenses are approved by the FDA as a medical device and require a prescription.  They protect the eyes from UV and Blue Light, and they are available in corrective and non-corrective powers.  Check with the benefits provider.  As it pertains to the prescribing of ALTIUS for light sensitivity related to migraines, concussions and traumatic brain injuries, worker’s compensation programs are reimbursing ALTIUS costs for a growing number of Eye Care Providers.  We are working on additional coverage options for inclusion of ALTIUS in Neuro Rehabilitation Programs.

By reducing chromatic aberration by 53%, optical calculations indicate ALTIUS can effectively mask up to 2.00D of astigmatism.  This has been clinically demonstrated in early trials with athletes.  Further research is needed.

Yes, but greatly improved.  Two PVTI team members, with the support of Paragon Vision Sciences, developed what would later become Nike MaxSight tinted contact lenses.  These were monthly replacement lenses requiring cleaning, disinfection, and storage.  ALTIUS is a thinner, newer lens material, which is single-use, thereby eliminating all contact lens care products, and, as well as, cleaning, disinfecting and storage over time.  They are designed to handle easier, to be far more comfortable, to perform better and be disposed of after each use.

We offer plano (no correction—our most popular) and from -0.5D to -6.00D in 0.25 D increments in both Amber and Grey-Green tints.

Soft contact lenses are frequently used in water sports, such as surfing and water polo, where other types of correction and protection are not effective or not allowed.  Prolonged exposure or reusing contact lenses increases your risk of eye infection.  ALTIUS Performance Contact Lenses are designed to perform well in water sports and are for single-use.  They are to be discarded immediately following your water activity, thus significantly reducing your risk of infection. 

In general, fast-moving sports (soccer, football) will utilize the amber tint and sports that involve nature (golf, surfing) will use the grey-green tint.  There are no hard and fast rules to this as we have found that those who play sports with a yellow ball (softball, women’s lacrosse) may prefer the grey green tint.

We do not recommend sleeping in ALTIUS Contact Lenses.

The ALTIUS Contact Lenses are single-use only.  They are not to be used for overnight or multiple-day wear.

Patent-pending ALTIUS Contact Lenses, the ultimate in performance eyewear, are superior to sunglasses in many respects.  With ALTIUS resting on the cornea and covering it entirely both optical and tint performance are maximized, not compromised as with sunglasses.  This provides a total immersion in the tint whereas sunglasses have distracting peripheral light leakage causing unwarranted glare and lens reflections, and hindering peripheral and binocular vision by the lens frame, temple arm and nose bridge.

Most sunglasses suppress the entire visible light spectrum equally, resulting in a dulling effect. ALTIUS lenses are engineered to filter specific wavelengths of light to reduce visual noise while accenting critical visual details, providing a comfortable perceived brightening effect.

Environmental factors such as fogging, scratching, sweat, rain and lens build-up which are all problematic in sunglasses are eliminated with ALTIUS by each eyelid blink.  Unlike sunglasses which often cause physical discomfort around the noise and ears, and often slide or get dislodged, once ALTIUS is applied you will forget they are on.