unit 1 part II..

Question 1

1508

Answer 1

da Vinci sketches a concept
for a contact lens

Question 2

1632

Answer 2

Descartes sketches a waterfilled glass tube

Question 3

1827

Answer 3

Herschel proposes grinding a contact
lens from a mould of an eye

Question 4

1887

Answer 4

Müller produces the first
wearable glass contact lens

Question 5

1927

Answer 5

Dallos grinds lenses
from impressions

Question 6

1936

Answer 6

Feinbloom incorporates plastic (PMMA) into glass scleral contact lens

Question 7

1948

Answer 7

Tuohy develops a PMMA
corneal contact lens

Question 8

1956

Answer 8

Wichterle creates water-absorbing plastic lenses (HEMA)

Question 9

1972

Answer 9

Bausch & Lomb introduces soft
contact lenses commercially

Question 10

1974

Answer 10

Gaylord patents rigid gas permeable lenses by adding silicone to PMMA

Question 11

1978

Answer 11

Toric soft contact lenses
are introduced

Question 12

1982

Answer 12

Bifocal soft contact lenses are introduced

Question 13

1985

Answer 13

Gothenburg study proves the
benefits of regular lens
replacement

Question 14

1987

Answer 14

Coloured contact lenses are introduced

Question 15

1988

Answer 15

Johnson & Johnson introduces the
disposable Acuvue® contact lens

Question 16

1995

Answer 16

Award (which became Bausch & Lomb) and Johnson & Johnson introduce daily disposable contact lenses

Question 17

1998

Answer 17

Bausch & Lomb and CIBA
Vision introduce the silicone
hydrogel contact lens

Question 18

2008

Answer 18

Johnson & Johnson introduces the daily disposable silicone hydrogel contact lens

Question 19

2010

Answer 19

CooperVision introduces
myopia control contact lens

Question 20

2011

Answer 20

Menicon introduces the
contact lens “flat pack”