Lynell Intraocular Lens

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Description:

Ref: Stanley Poler, “Intraocular Lens,” U.S. Patent 4,270,230 (June 2, 1981), assigned to Lynell Medical Technology, Inc.

Kenneth R. Barasch and Stanley Poler, “A Glass Interocular Lens,” American Journal of Ophthalmology 88 (1979): 556-559.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Lynell Medical Technology Inc.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0465.01.02Accession Number: 1979.0465Catalog Number: 1979.0465.01.02

Object Name: contact lens, intraocularinsertional toolOther Terms: Medicine

Measurements: overall: 2 1/4 in x 5 7/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 5.715 cm x 14.9225 cm x 5.3975 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-76af-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_726453

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