13 Facts About Contact lens

Contact lens did not suggest his idea be used for correcting vision; he was more interested in exploring mechanisms of accommodation.

Contact lens used wax to affix water-filled lenses to his eyes, neutralizing their refractive power, which he corrected with another pair of lenses.

Contact lens experimented with fitting the lenses initially on rabbits, then on himself, and lastly on a small group of volunteers, publishing his work, "Contactbrille", in the March 1888 edition of Archiv fur Augenheilkunde.

Large and unwieldy, Fick's Contact lens could be worn only for a couple of hours at a time.

Scleral lens is a large, firm, transparent, oxygen-permeable contact lens that rests on the sclera and creates a tear-filled vault over the cornea.

Rigid Contact lens is able to cover the natural shape of the cornea with a new refracting surface.

An "extended wear" contact lens is designed for continuous overnight wear, typically for up to 6 consecutive nights.

Many eye diseases prohibits contact lens wear, such as active infections, allergies, and dry eye.

The edge of a Contact lens turned inside out has a different appearance, especially when the Contact lens is slightly folded.

Non Silicone-Hydrogel lenses, one of the major factors that causes complications is that the contact lens is an oxygen barrier.

Much of the research into soft and rigid contact lens materials has centered on improving oxygen transmission through the lens.

Clinicians tend to agree that the most significant complication of contact lens wear is microbial keratitis and that the most predominant microbial pathogen is Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

The Contact lens could serve as a head-up display for pilots or gamers.