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Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lens in Flat 'Mailer' Case

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Catalogue Number: 3966
Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lens in Flat 'Mailer' Case
Category: Spectacles and lenses
Sub-Category: Contact lenses and accessories
Corporation: Gelflex Laboratories
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1990s
Time Period: 1940 to 1999
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Dandenong, Melbourne
Publisher/Manufacturer: Gelflex Laboratories
Description Of Item: Translucent flat 'mailer' case 50 mm x 50 mm x 8 mm with the patient name handwritten in blue on the back. The lens power of the Multicurve lens of blue tinted material contained in the left compartment is +5.25. Lens engraved GL.
Historical Significance: Gelflex Laboratories is an independent contact lens manufacturer in Perth, Western Australia. Originally named Western Australian Contact Lens Manufacturing it was formed in 1971 by contact lens pioneer and innovator, Don Ezekiel. It had a laboratory in Dandenong, Victoria in the 1990s.
How Acquired: Donated by Colin Bates
Date Acquired: 20/11/2017
Condition: Good
Location: Archive Office. Cabinet One Drawer 16

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