A lens drying system includes a sterile gas supply, a supply line, and an annular body. The body is connected to the supply line and defines an internal channel. The internal channel, which is in fluid communication with the sterile gas supply via the supply line, defines a plurality of openings. The openings are collectively configured to direct a flow of a sterile gas, e.g., a filtered and desiccated medical grade gas, from the sterile gas supply onto a lens surface of an ophthalmic front lens. This occurs during a non-contact wide-angle visualization process to mitigate fogging of the lens surface. A processor of a surgical console may receive user preference settings, including a desired steady-state flow rate and/or a desired pulse rate of the sterile gas. The processor could then command the desired steady-state flow rate and/or a desired pulse rate from the surgical console.

A contact lens storage case of limited life and predetermined usage to further the safe and effective use of contact lenses by ensuring patient compliance through both limiting case use over a set period of time and discouraging reuse and topping-off of the disinfecting and storage solution. Generally, the self-destruction consists of the case developing a leak in a pre-determined fashion as a result of the change in properties of a material in a limited area of the case following exposure of the case to the storage solution.

A contact lens product includes a contact lens and a buffer solution. The contact lens is stored in the buffer solution. The buffer solution includes at least one antioxidant. The contact lens includes at least one curcuminoid. When a weight percentage concentration of the curcuminoid in the contact lens is Ccu, and a weight percentage concentration of the antioxidant in the buffer solution is Cao, a specific condition relating to Ccu/Cao is satisfied.