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  2. Contact lens - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] On October 18, 1964, in a television studio in Washington, D.C., Lyndon Baines Johnson became the first President in the history of the United States to appear in public wearing contact lenses, under the supervision of Dr. Alan Isen, who developed the first commercially viable soft-contact lenses in the United States.

  3. Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick - Wikipedia

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    Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick (22 February 1852 – 11 February 1937) was a German ophthalmologist who invented the contact lens. He was the nephew of the German physiologist Adolf Eugen Fick, and the son of the German anatomy professor Franz Ludwig Fick .

  4. Adolf Eugen Fick - Wikipedia

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    He is the uncle of Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick who invented the contact lens. [2] Adolf Eugen Fick (3 September 1829 – 21 August 1901) was a German -born physician and physiologist .

  5. Otto Wichterle - Wikipedia

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    Otto Wichterle (Czech pronunciation: [ˈoto ˈvɪxtr̩lɛ]; 27 October 1913 – 18 August 1998) was a Czech chemist, best known for his invention of modern soft contact lenses. [1] Wichterle is the author or co-author of approximately 180 patents and over 200 publications.

  6. Acuvue - Wikipedia

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    Acuvue lenses got their start at Frontier Contact Lens Company, founded in Buffalo, New York in 1959 by Dr. Allen Isen, George Sitterle, and Dr. William Feinbloom. Its early growth was attributed to its highly successful toric lens.

  7. Marion Donovan - Wikipedia

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    While Donovan was never able to find the right manufacturer, largely due to sexism, she is credited with innovations that eventually led to the creation of disposable diapers which were introduced in the U.S. by Procter and Gamble in 1961, specifically inventor Victor Mills' Pampers.