Robert J. Morrison, the American who helped invent the first...

Robert J. Morrison, the American who helped invent the first soft contact lens in the 1960s, has passed away at the age of 90. He based his work on material technologies developed in the Czech Republic. The related patent was bought by Bausch+Lomb and used for the launch of the ...

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