Unit 1

Question 1

Described a method of directly altering corneal power by immersing the eye in a bowl of water

Answer 1

DaVinci

Question 2

Proposed a fluid filled tube to be placed on the eye

Answer 2

Rene descartes

Question 3

Constructed fluid filled eyecup

Answer 3

Thomas young

Question 4

Proposed taking a mould of the cornea and placing it on a transparent medium

Answer 4

Sir John Herschel

Question 5

Manufactures of prosthetic eyes
-Described fitting a patient with a protective glass shell

Answer 5

Mueller and Mueller

Question 6

Fit thin glass shells for keratoconus patients and obtained significant improvement in vision

Answer 6

Eugene Kalt

Question 7

Credited for fitting the first powered contact lens

Answer 7

August Muller

Question 8

Applied for a patent for the manufacture of a lens from a different material like a plastic

Answer 8

Carl Zeiss Company

Question 9

First combined PMMA with glass centre

Answer 9

William Feinbloom

Question 10

Added fenestration to lenses for oxygen

Answer 10

Dallos (1946)

Question 11

Credited with first PMMA corneal contact lens

Answer 11

Kevin Tuhoy (1948)

Question 12

Created smaller diameter contact lenses

Answer 12

Joseph Soper

Question 13

Incorporated silicone into the basic PMMA structure And patented the oxygen permeable lens

Answer 13

Norman Gaylord

Question 14

Invented soft contact lenses (HEMA)

Answer 14

Otto Wichterle

Question 15

Acquired the patent to develop contact lenses in America

Answer 15

Bausch and Lomb

Question 16

Danalens

Answer 16

-First disposable lens
-Acuvue
-1994

Question 17

Silicone hydrogel lenses were available for consumer purchase this year

Answer 17

1998