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Sep 27, 1508
Concept of contacts.
Leonardo De Vinci draws the concept of what he thought contacts should look like. -
Great design for contacts.
Sir John Herschel comes up with a good design for contact lenses. -
Lenses that cover your entire eye.
Lenses come out that cover your entire eye. -
Plastic contacts come out.
Contacts are now made of plastic. -
Improve plastic contact lenses.
Plastic contact lenses are made to cover only the eyes and the cornea. -
Contacts are now more comfortable.
Soft contact lenses are made so you can wear them longer and now become less irritated. -
Durable contacts are made.
Duable contacts are made and they are called GP contact lenses. -
Overnight wear becomes more efficent
Overnight wear becomes more efficent and durable. -
Contact lenses become disposable.
You can now dispose your soft contact lenses. -
Durable contact lenses are more efficent.
Durable contacts become available in fluoro silicone acrylate materails. -
One day wear.
One day wear comes out and they are disposable and soft lenses. -
contact lenses are now hydrogel.
Silicone hydrogel contact lenses. -
Hydrogel contacts are overnight wear.
FDA apporves overnight hydrogel contact lenses. -
Costum lenses.
Custom silicone hydrogel lenses are available. -
Overnight contacts are approved.
The FDA approves overnight contacts to wear to sleep. -
Citation
"A Brief History of Contact Lenses." A Brief History of Contact Lenses. N.p., Sept. 2009. Web. 27 Sept. 2012. http://www.contactlenses.org/timeline.htm.
