Catalogue Number: 3434 Boston Lens Cleaning Polish and Manual Polishing Machine Category: Equipment Sub-Category: Contact lens equipment Corporation: Polymer Technology Corporation Year Of Publication/Manufacture: post 1982 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Wilmington, MA, USA Publisher/Manufacturer: Polymer Technology Corporation Description Of Item: Clear plastic box, 140 x 135 x 40 mm, with clip-on lid. Lid is imprinted with the product name as in the title above and the contents of the box and a red strip imprinted For Professional Use Only. The underside of the lid contains the instructions for use. box contains a white plastic bottle of cleaning polish (60 ml) and a foam plastic insert holding a brown annular clamp arrangement with a knurled knob adjuster with a white velveteen cloth cleaning pad held within the clamp. A green rubber suction holder with detachable end-piece is in a slot recess at the top of the foam insert. Historical Significance: A item which provided a means of cleaning deposits from rigid corneal lenses built up due to inadequate patient cleaning. How Acquired: Donated by Robert Kaye Date Acquired: 26/10/2017 Condition: Good. Small break in foam insert Location: Archive room. West wall. Unit 6 Drawer 5 |