Contact Lens History Flashcards
Who is credited with developing the concept of a bandage lens to be used for therapeutic purposes?
Xavier Galezowski
Leonardo da Vinci, in his book, Codex of the eye, Manual D, sketched out several concepts for neutralizing the cornea with some type of fluid. His idea was
Not to create a contact lens for vision correction but to identify the mechanism for accommodation.
Who identified that the cornea is not responsible for accommodation?
Thomas Young
___ drew sketches of a hydrodioscope, which described how a glass tube of water filled with water or fluid could be placed against the eyeball to neutralize the power of the cornea.
Thomas Young
Who is credited with proposing that a spherical capsule with a transparent animal jelly
could be applied to the surface of the eye to correct irregular astigmatism?
Sir John Herschel
Who is credited with developing the concept of a bandage lens to be used for therapeutic purposes?
Xavier Galezowski
Who is credited with the actual intention of contact lenses?
(List)
All of the following:
* Adolph Eugene Fick
* Eugene Kalt
* August Müller
Who is credited with identifying the metabolism of the tear meniscus, which ultimately indicating the importance of the tear film?
August Müller
Who is credited for his contributions for the treatment of keratoconus?
Eugene Kalt
Who is credited with the development of the corneal contact lens?
Kevin Tuohy
What material were the first contact lenses fabricated from?
Glass
What were some of the most significant concerns of the first contact lenses?
Heavy and low oxygen permeability
Who is credited with the development of the first soft contact lens?
Otto Wichterle
What was the first successful resin (plastic) material used for contact lenses?
Polymethylmethacrylate
While the first successful plastic material for contact lenses had good optical clarity, what was the biggest drawback?
Low oxygen permeability
