Inventor

Wichterle Otto

Patents indexed

Year range

1965

Associated with

Years active

1965

Total patents

Most recent

1965

Frequent collaborator

Lim Drahoslav

Domains

biotechmaterialsconsumer_electronics

Activity by decade

1960s

Patents

Career timeline

1 patents, in 1965

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How Soft Contact Lenses Were Invented Using Hydrogels

This patent describes the chemical recipe for soft, water-absorbing plastic materials that form the basis of modern soft contact lenses.

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