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unusual facts about contact lens



Fungal keratitis

Recently, one particular product, ReNu with MoistureLoc brand of soft contact lens solutions made headlines regarding a report from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggesting an increased incidence of a specific type of fungal keratitis (Fusarium keratitis) in people using Bausch & Lomb products.

Keratitis

Fusarium, causing recent incidences of keratitis through the possible vector of Bausch & Lomb ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution)

Pancreatin

Some contact lens cleaning solutions contain porcine pancreatin extractives to assist in the intended protein-removal process.


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Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick

In 1887 he constructed and fitted what was to be considered the first successful model of a contact lens: an afocal scleral contact shell made from heavy brown glass, which he tested first on rabbits, then on himself, and lastly on a small group of volunteers.

Alta Eficacia Method

Alta Eficacia Tecnología is the owning firm of the patent Therapeutic Contact Lens for Pseudophakic Eyes and/or Eyes Suffering Neurodegeneration, which is claimed may provide protection against avoidable blindness, developed by Celia Sánchez-Ramos.