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contact lenses

By xivana
  • Mar 16, 1508

    Leonardo da Vinci illustrates the concept of contact lenses

    Leonard da Vinci has the idea of placing a corrective lens directly onto the surface of the eye and draws sketches of his idea.

  • Rene Descartes writes Dioptric,

    in which he explains his theories on light and vision and proposes the idea of a corneal contact lens.

  • Philippe de la Hire

    He creates drawings that illustrate how a concave lens placed on an eye could send light into the retina.

  • Working from Descartes' idea

    Thomas Young creates a corneal contact lens to correct his own vision.

  • Thomas Young

    publishes his description of neutralising the cornea with fluid in A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts.

  • British astronomer Sir John Herschel conceptualizes practical lens design

  • John Herschel

    suggests neutralising the cornea with a mould made from gelatine

  • Adolf Eugen Fick

    A German physiologist, creates the first successful contact lens

  • F.E. Muller, a German glassblower, creates the first glass contact lens.

  • Plastic contact lenses designed to cover only the eye's cornea

  • Corneal contact lenses are sold commercially for the first time.

  • Czech chemist Otto Wichterle invents soft contact lenses.

  • Introduction of soft contact lenses

  • Introduction of GP contact lenses

  • FDA

    approval of new soft contact lenses for extended (overnight) wear

  • Overnight wear of GP contact lenses becomes available

  • GP contacts available in next-generation fluorosilicone acrylate materials

  • Introduction of disposable soft contact lenses

  • Introduction of one-day disposable soft lenses

  • Silicone-hydrogel contact lenses first marketed

  • Overnight orthokeratology approved by FDA

  • Custom-manufactured silicone-hydrogel lenses become available

  • 2017

    2017