Wesley and Jessen worked to develop the plastic lenses known as the rigid corneal contact lens. The corneal lens fit floated on the cornea, unlike its scleral predecessor, which rested on the sclera or white of the eye and bridged the cornea.
Wesley and Jessen labored to create the rigid plastic lenses called the corneal contact lens. The corneal lens floated on the cornea, unlike its scleral predecessor, which rested on the sclera or white of the eye and spanned the cornea.