Contacts(:

By katelynnicole1009
  • Concept of contacts.
    Sep 27, 1508

    Concept of contacts.

    Leonardo De Vinci draws the concept of what he thought contacts should look like.
  • Great design for contacts.

    Great design for contacts.

    Sir John Herschel comes up with a good design for contact lenses.
  • Lenses that cover your entire eye.

    Lenses that cover your entire eye.

    Lenses come out that cover your entire eye.
  • Plastic contacts come out.

    Plastic contacts come out.

    Contacts are now made of plastic.
  • Improve plastic contact lenses.

    Improve plastic contact lenses.

    Plastic contact lenses are made to cover only the eyes and the cornea.
  • Contacts are now more comfortable.

    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.

    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

    Overnight wear becomes more efficent and durable.
  • Contact lenses become disposable.

    Contact lenses become disposable.

    You can now dispose your soft contact lenses.
  • Durable contact lenses are more efficent.

    Durable contact lenses are more efficent.

    Durable contacts become available in fluoro silicone acrylate materails.
  • One day wear.

    One day wear.

    One day wear comes out and they are disposable and soft lenses.
  • contact lenses are now hydrogel.

    contact lenses are now hydrogel.

    Silicone hydrogel contact lenses.
  • Hydrogel contacts are overnight wear.

    Hydrogel contacts are overnight wear.

    FDA apporves overnight hydrogel contact lenses.
  • Costum lenses.

    Costum lenses.

    Custom silicone hydrogel lenses are available.
  • Overnight contacts are approved.

    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.