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Medical Forum / General / Vision / June 2005was Biomedics Toric redesigned?
As far as I understand, Biomedics Toric exists in the market for about 4 years. Recently, Ocular Sciences was purchased by Coopervision, and (thus?) its Biomedics55 lens have had some changes in the design, edge in addition to the fact that it became an aspheric lens. My question is: have the Biomedics Toric gone through the some changes, like edge design, (or something else)...? (or the biomedics toric is the same lens as it was 4 years ago when it was launched) regards, TOM. The Biomedics Toric, as it is now and has been for 4 years, is a knockoff of the B&L 66 toric. (Different plastic, different parameters, but same design) It is now subject to litigation, so Coopervision has "inherited" the lawsuit when it bought the company. So, we get to guess whether the "pwers that be" at Cooper will sit on the current lens to help deny B&L's claims, or whether they'll bury it. > My question is: have the Biomedics Toric gone through the some > changes, like edge design, (or something else)...? (or the biomedics > toric is the same lens as it was 4 years ago when it was launched) Normally lens companies don't deviate from the designs they file with the FDA, because any design change means re-approval. When they do change the design, it's an "improvement" (read "investment") so they usually promote it vigorously. We haven't heard anything about changes in the BM toric. But the Biomedics brand did change hands, and that might mean it's now produced in a different facility, with retooled equipment, maybe. The new parent, Cooper, has several successful torics and I get the feeling that the BM toric has become a redheaded orphan stepchild. It's a shame because IMO the BM toric has been exceptionally stable and predictable. Cooper is welcome to change my mind by filling out my fitting set. It looks like a country graveyard, a few headstones poking up here and there. -MT > > My question is: have the Biomedics Toric gone through the some > > changes, like edge design, (or something else)...? (or the biomedics [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > -MT If I had thought it sufficiently important, I would have asked my Cooper representative when I saw her at the AOA convention today. She was formerly with Biomedics. She is a great rep who calls on my office frequently, and my trial set is never full of holes. She has never said anything about a redesign. Since I use the B&L66 toric and the Biomedics toric in equal numbers, I have never thought that they even remotely resembled each other in design. This entire thread is rather "odd" and without much substance, IMO. DrG > was formerly with Biomedics. She is a great rep who calls on my office > frequently, and my trial set is never full of holes. She has never > said anything about a redesign. Since I use the B&L66 toric and the Cooper has reps? :) -MT At least for the time being. DrG > At least for the time being. If I email you a copy of my letter to the president of Cooper (no acknowledgment received) which includes a copy of my email to the Cooper customer service department (no acknowledgment received), would you be willing to print it out and pass it on to the Cooper rep next time you see her? My optometrist (cog in a wheel) is probably going to fit me with Ocular Sciences lenses, but I'm really afraid to order them with no guarantee that bad/strange ones will be replaced...  SignatureCheers, Bev \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ "He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice." -- -Albert Einstein Since I use the B&L66 toric and the > Biomedics toric in equal numbers, I have never thought that they even > remotely resembled each other in design. This entire thread is rather > "odd" and without much substance, IMO. I agree, and also use both, and they are not the same. I'd also not expect cooper to change anything. They've already reversed the discontinuance of the Hydrogenics 60. When you buy a competitor, you keep everything that works as is, and you dump everything else. w.stacy, o.d. I don't like the whole "innovation by lawsuits" mentality that is going thru this industry, but we have to acknowledge that the behavior of even the best corporate citizen is different while it is being sued. I like the Biomedics much better than the B&L 59, and I never thought of mentioning them in the same sentence until B&L filed their lawsuit.
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