Tell us about your company — what you do, who you serve, and what makes you unique in the industry.
Tangible Science creates technologies that make custom contact lenses easier to wear, easier to care for, and more successful for both practitioners and patients. Our portfolio is built around enhancing comfort, improving surface performance, and supporting long-term lens success through simplified care protocols.
We serve specialty contact lens laboratories, eye-care practitioners, and the patients who rely on scleral, hybrid, and custom GP lenses for vision and ocular surface rehabilitation. What makes us unique is our focus on the ocular surface, designing Hydra-PEG, the only coating of its kind, to optimize wettability, reduce deposition, and improve day-to-day wearability. By integrating science, surface chemistry, and clinical insight, we help labs deliver higher performing lenses and help practitioners achieve better outcomes with less chair time.
What inspired the founding of your company, and how has that vision evolved?
Tangible Science was founded on a simple but important observation: for many patients, the success or failure of a specialty contact lens comes down to surface performance. Our original co-founders recognized that traditional rigid lens materials were limited by comfort, wettability, and deposition challenges and that a new approach rooted in advanced surface science could meaningfully improve patient outcomes.
That vision has grown into a broader mission to transform the entire specialty lens wearing experience. What began as a breakthrough coating technology has expanded into a suite of solutions that support every step of the patient journey. We believe the technology of specialty lenses should improve patients’ lives, not create more challenges.
As the industry and our company evolves, our commitment remains the same: empower practitioners and laboratories with tools that enhance lens performance, improve the patient experience, and streamline care.
What should our members know about your team and the talent that powers your work?
Our team’s background spans chemical engineering, quality assurance, specialty contact lens fitting, education, and hands-on clinical experience. This blend of scientific rigor and real-world clinical insight allows us to approach problems from both the bench and the exam lane and develop solutions that truly address the needs of practitioners, labs, and patients.
Another strength that often goes unseen is our ability to move from concept to viable product very quickly. Because we understand the science, the manufacturing environment, and the clinical challenges, we’re able to rapidly develop, test, refine, and launch innovations that make a meaningful impact on lens performance and patient outcomes. Many of the technologies we bring to market begin as direct responses to practitioner or laboratory needs.
Tell us something that you wish more people in the industry knew about your company.
We wish more people knew how much of Tangible Science’s work happens behind the scenes helping labs optimize coating workflows, supporting doctors with clinical education, and improving the day-to-day experience of patients who depend on specialty lenses. Our technologies are not just “add-ons”; they are tools that meaningfully improve outcomes and reduce frustrations for everyone in the lens care chain.
Why did you join CLMA, and how has being a member impacted your business or outlook on the industry?
We joined the CLMA because we believe in the strength of the specialty lens community and the power of collaboration across laboratories, suppliers, educators, and clinicians. The CLMA provides a platform where industry partners can openly share challenges, align on standards, and work together to move the custom lens sector forward.
Kemberly Grizzaffi
Dir. of Professional Development and Education
kem@tangiblescience.com
