Here's a sweet fact to use at a party — the contact lens was theorized by Leonardo Da Vinci all the way back in 1508, but it took another 380 before the idea came to fruition, thanks to a German... Here's a sweet fact to use at a party — the contact lens was theorized by Leonardo Da Vinci all the way back in 1508, but it took another 380 before the idea came to fruition, thanks to a German ophthalmologist named Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick. Of course, the contact lens has come a long, long way since then, as evidenced by the incredible array of styles sold at Contact Lens King. They've got daily and monthly disposables, silicone hydrogel lenses, toric contacts, bifocal lenses and even colored lenses from the biggest names in the business, including Acuvue, Air Optix, Proclear, Soflens and Biomedics. read more