Johnson & Johnson was founded in 1886 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, by brothers Robert Wood Johnson, James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson. The company began by manufacturing sterile surgical products and has since developed into a global healthcare company. In vision care, Johnson & Johnson is closely associated with Acuvue, a contact lens brand that introduced the world's first soft disposable contact lenses in 1987.
At Netlens, the Johnson & Johnson contact lens range consists of Acuvue lenses for spherical vision correction, astigmatism and presbyopia. The assortment includes both daily disposable lenses and reusable Acuvue lenses with shorter replacement schedules.
Johnson & Johnson contact lenses at Netlens
The Acuvue range includes contact lenses with different materials, optical designs, technologies and replacement schedules. Daily disposable options include 1-Day Acuvue Moist and Acuvue Oasys 1-Day with Hydraluxe, while Acuvue Oasys and Acuvue 2 are reusable lenses.
The exact lens material, optical design, technology and approved wearing schedule vary between individual Acuvue products. Product specifications should therefore be checked for the specific lens rather than assumed to apply across the entire Johnson & Johnson range.
Acuvue lenses for different vision needs
The Johnson & Johnson assortment at Netlens includes spherical contact lenses for short-sightedness and long-sightedness, together with toric lenses for astigmatism and multifocal lenses for presbyopia.
If you have astigmatism, explore our toric contact lenses. If you have presbyopia and need vision correction at more than one distance, see our multifocal contact lenses.
Daily disposable and reusable Acuvue lenses
Many Acuvue lenses at Netlens are daily disposable contact lenses. A fresh pair is used for each new day of wear and the lenses are discarded after removal, so they do not require cleaning or overnight storage.
Acuvue Oasys and Acuvue 2 are reusable lenses. When worn on a daily-wear schedule, these lenses have a two-week replacement schedule and are removed, cleaned, disinfected and stored between wears. Certain Acuvue reusable lenses may also be approved for extended wear for up to 7 nights. Overnight wear should only be followed when it is appropriate for the specific lens and has been recommended by your optician or eye care professional.
Technologies within the Acuvue range
Different Acuvue families use different lens materials and technologies. 1-Day Acuvue Moist lenses use LACREON® Technology, while Acuvue Oasys reusable lenses use HYDRACLEAR® PLUS Technology. Acuvue Oasys 1-Day lenses use HydraLuxe® Technology.
Toric Acuvue lenses use stabilisation designs intended to help maintain the correct lens orientation for astigmatism correction, while multifocal models use optical designs developed for vision across more than one distance. Technologies and specifications should always be checked at product level.
Choosing and reordering Johnson & Johnson contact lenses
When reordering Acuvue contact lenses, use the same lens model and prescription parameters recommended for you by your optician or eye care professional. Depending on the lens type, these parameters can include power, base curve, diameter, cylinder, axis and addition.
Matching prescription values alone does not necessarily mean that one Acuvue contact lens can be substituted for another. Material, optical design, fit, replacement schedule and approved wearing schedule can vary between different products.
Our guide to contact lens parameters explains the most common values used when ordering contact lenses online.