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It is generally accepted that the 1970’s and 1980’s saw the most medical progress being made in the contact lens field, it also saw a lot of developments being in the contact lens field in general. For example, the early 1980’s saw several daily contact lenses being developed that were tinted, reducing squinting in bright [...]
After Fick’s first real step towards wearable – if somewhat uncomfortable – contact lenses in 1888, this unfortunately remained the only forward movement in the field until 1936. William Feinbloom, an American Optometrist, designed and manufactured contact lenses, based on Fick’s progress, but using plastic rather than glass. These plastic contact lenses were based on [...]
Unknown to many, the first contact lens concept is accredited to the legendary futurist, Leonardo Da Vinci. In 1508, Da Vinci wrote a book, Code of The Eye, Manual D, in which he took an in-depth look into how the human eye operates and more specifically, the human eye’s optics. He noted how light entered [...]