The introduction of soft contact lenses into the worldwide market was certainly a major win for spectacle wearers, but the process and concepts that it took to pull it off were substantial.
Most people consider Otto Wichterle the father of soft contact lenses. In the 1960s he began soft material development and manufacture by spinning HEMA in an open rotating mold. The progress of the lenses advanced steadily from there and one of the world’s first soft contact lens congresses was held in Prague later that decade to discuss the progress of the materials, designs, and issues encountering the lenses.
Fast-forward to 1971 …
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