Bill Harvey: Bridge that gap

I spent much of last week in a meeting with the Contamac group in Cambridge. They had assembled a group of specialist contact lens practitioners, both optometrists and ophthalmologists, from around the world with the aim of debating a number of issues of current significance in the world of rigid lens fitting. One topic of note was the dramatic increase in scleral lens fitting, particularly in the US where it is the fastest growing segment of the gas permeable lens market.

I remember back in the late 1980s (I am getting so old), struggling to create an impression moulding on a fellow student at Aston with the aim of then creating a scleral lens. The process seemed as complex as it was archaic and I assumed it was being taught for historical interest only.