Otto Wichterle (1913–1998): The father of soft contact lenses

✍ Scribed by Jan Sebenda; Milos Hudlicky

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 228 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0887-624X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0518(19990501)37:9<1221::aid-pola1>3.0.co;2-c

✦ Synopsis

Otto Wichterle, the inventor of soft contact lenses, was a pioneer in the design, synthesis, and application of new polymers for medical purposes