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Making life easier for your patients with Smart Touch™ technology

Making life easier for your patients with Smart Touch™ technology

Making life easier for your patients with

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technology

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Why Smart Touch™?

When considering contact lenses, the biggest barrier for patients is difficulty handling. The first of its kind, our unique Smart Touch™ technology, means lenses are always removed from the blister the right way up for easier and more hygienic fitting. Data shows that wearers with conventional blisters often struggle with handling, non-wearers often hesitate to start contact lenses as they think it is difficult to apply the lens.

  • 87% of CL wearers with conventional blisters admit they have worn their contacts inside out by mistake1

  • 94% of wearers with conventional blisters say they would like easier handling2

  • 35% of drop-outs were due to  difficulty in handling3

  • 49% of wearers admit they fail to wash their hands before handling their lenses4


Smart Touch™ technology solves these issues

It is a unique technology that not only makes it easier to handle the lens, but also quicker and more hygienic.

 

The Menicon daily disposable lenses - Miru 1day UpSide and Miru 1day Flat Pack - are provided with Smart Touch™ technology. 

Smart Touch™ technology

Cleaner handling

The inner surface remains untouched, reducing bacterial contamination

Quicker handling

2x quicker to apply compared to conventional blister5

Easier handling

No hassle. Lens is always the right side up

UpSide - 94%

94%

of wearers find it easy to remove the lens from the blister2

UpSide - 91%

91%

of Smart Touch™ wearers agree that the lens being the correct way up is an advantage6

83%-1

83%

agree it saves time to apply Miru 1day UpSide lenses7 

UpSide - 94%

94%

agree that removing the lens from the blister the right way up is important for good eye and CL health3 

How does it work? 

Smart Touch™

The unique smart zone in the case ensures the inner lens surface faces downwards so that the lens can be removed and inserted without touching the inner surface.

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Miru 1day UpSide
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Miru 1day Flat Pack

Conventional blisters

In conventional blisters, the inner lens surface faces upwards and cannot be removed without touching the inner surface, causing greater potential for contamination.

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Conventional blisters

Smart Touch™ technology for hygienic handling

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Clinical studies show:

  • 64% of Miru 1day UpSide lens surface is contamination free, versus 36% of conventional lenses8

  • 96% of ECPs agree Miru 1day UpSide improves hygiene thanks to Smart TouchTM  technology9

    95%  is satisfied with the cleanliness of Miru 1day UpSide and Miru 1day Flat Pack , thanks to Smart Touch™ 6
  • Miru 1day Flat Pack shows 3x less bacterial contamination10

Smart Touch™ technology for quick and easy handling

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Clinical studies show:

  • Miru 1day UpSide was rated 100% for ease of application11
  • 97% consider it is easy to apply Miru 1day Flat Pack2
  • 65% think that the ease of handling with Smart Touch™ would make them consider contact lenses3
  • 70% of existing wearers prefer a lens with Smart Touch™ technology for handling2 

How to apply lenses with Smart Touch™ technology

Pinch, don't scoop!

  1. Open by peeling back the foil on the lens case.

  2. Pinch the lens between your thumb and index finger.

  3. Position on your index finger, it’s the right way up and ready to wear.

  4. Apply the lens to your eye. 

Miru 1day UpSide

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1. Open

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2. Pinch

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3. Position

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4. Apply

Miru 1day Flat Pack

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1. Open

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2. Pinch

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3. Position

FP handling Step 4

4. Apply

 Miru 1day UpSide vs conventional

Miru 1day Flat Pack vs conventional

  1. Menicon data on file 2017 online patient experience survey, n=200 current daily disposable wearers

  2. Menicon data on file, 2022. Daily contact lens clinical study (n=33)

  3. Menicon data on file 2020 online patient experience survey, n=1540 consumers (n= 728 current daily disposable wearers and n= 812 non CL wearers)

  4. Robertson DM, and Cavanagh HD: Non-compliance with contact lens wear and care practices: a comparative analysis, Optom Vis Sci. 88(12): 1402-1408, 2011

  5. Menicon data on file 2017

  6. Menicon data on file, 2017. Online patient experience survey daily disposable wearers, n=200

  7. Menicon data on file 2025, the patients (n=642) and fitters (n=79) satisfaction survey

  8. Tan J, et al. Factors Affecting Microbial Contamination on the Back Surface of Worn Soft Contact Lenses. Optometry and Vision Science, 98(5): 512-517. 2021​

  9. Menicon data on file 2025, the patients (n=642) and fitters (n=79) satisfaction survey

  10. Nomachi M, et al. Evaluation of diminished microbial contamination in handling of a novel daily disposable flat pack contact lens. Eye and Contact Lens, 39(3): 234-238, 2013

  11. Menicon data on file, 2022. Daily contact lens clinical study (n=26)