1987

their advertisement for the lenses.

In 1987 the first disposable contact lens wear invented. They were manufactured from glass and fitted to cover the entire eye. wear as now a days they only cover part of the eye. These were soft contact lens. To the right is a sample set of ten 'Spofa' soft contact lenses (c.1987), Types D and D6, each lens within a white plastic fluid-filled single lens container. The containers feature colour-coded bands and label surrounds (dark blue for positive, orange for negative). This sample set has been made up for the museum by the Wilens Company of the Czech Republic and comprises lenses from several production lots.