Ren-O-Gel Soft Contact Lens Cleaning Kit
 Catalogue Number: 4005 Ren-O-Gel Soft Contact Lens Cleaning Kit Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Contact lenses and accessories Corporation: Flow Pharmaceuticals Inc. Year Of Publication/Manufacture: C1975 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Palo Alto, California, USA Publisher/Manufacturer: Flow Pharmaceuticals Inc. Description Of Item: White cardboard box 130 mm x 95 mm x 60 mm imprinted in grey on five faces. The four side faces are printed in sequence with (1) Ren, (2) -O-, (3) Gel, (4) Kit the full height of the box. The top face is imprinted Ren-O-Gel Kit/List No. 125E/For Laboratory or/Professional Use Only/Flow Pharmaceuticals, Inc./Palo Alto, California 94303. RB.LS GB Optical is hand written in faded blue ink, and INVOICE ENCLOSED in pencil on the top face. Internal flap of top face is imprinted Contents:/50 Gms. Ren-O-Gel 1/75 Gms. Ren-O-Gel 2/Measuring Spoon/2 50 ml. Pyrex Beakers/2 Lens Holding Devices. The side flaps are imprinted in black with Directions, Notes and Precautions and Description. Contents of box are as listed with the addition of two extra lens holding devices and three extra measuring spoons.Two instruction leaflets one imprinted in black on side in English the other in French, with 'Flow Pharmaceuticals Inc./Palo Alto, California 94303/Printed in USA Patent Pending FPTM 873.' The second is imprinted in brown in English only, headed Ren-O- Gel by Contique and footed Alcon Universal Ltd. Fort Worth Texas. Temporary storage Box A Historical Significance: Ren-O-Gel was an early system developed for cleaning protein and lipid deposits from soft contact lenses. It was successful when used on 38% HEMA lenses but tended to damage later higher water content material lenses. This kit appears to be an amalgam of several kits indicated by the inclusion of extra components and a second instruction sheet. Flow Pharmaceuticals originated the system which was later taken over by Alcon Universal Ltd. Liprofin was a later development and less destructive. See Cat 3432 How Acquired: Donated by Colin Bates Date Acquired: 17/7/2017 Condition: Good Location: Archive Room. East wall Unit 5 Cupboard |