Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses in Flat 'Mailer' Cases
 Catalogue Number: 3961 Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses in Flat 'Mailer' Cases 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: Two white flat 'mailer' cases 50 mm x 50 mm x 8 mm each labelled Gelflex Laboratories Australia on the face with a label adhered to the back containing patient name and lens parameters for the Multicurve lenses of blue tinted Boston Equalens II material contained in the compartments. Right lenses engraved GR left lenses GL. Lens powers -1.75 and -2.75 Historical Significance: Boston Equalens II is a Fluoro silicone acrylate material of Dk 127 and refractive index1.423 made by Boston Lens a subsidiary of Bausch and Lomb.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 |