Harold Ridley
Sir Nicholas Harold Lloyd Ridley (born July 10, 1906 in Kibworth Harcourt , Leicestershire , † May 25, 2001 in Salisbury , Wiltshire ) was a British ophthalmologist .
On November 29, 1949, he implanted the first artificial eye lens ( intraocular lens ) in a patient at St. Thomas Hospital in London . He used acrylic glass for this . Harold Ridley became aware of the biocompatibility of this material when fragments from the cockpit windows of fighter planes, which had been destroyed by fire, healed into the eyes of the pilots without a foreign body reaction. This surgery is a common procedure today, but it was a medical sensation back then . In 1959, the implantation of the Ridley lens was given up due to the high complication rates and research into other forms of artificial eye lenses was carried out.
On February 9, 2000, he was beaten to the Knight Bachelor .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Aloys Henning: On the paradigm shift in cataract surgery, especially in Berlin from 1755. In: Würzburger medical history reports. Volume 18, 1999, pp. 271-296; here: p. 271.
- ↑ David J. Apple, Nick Mamalis, Randall J. Olson, Marilyn C. Kincaid: Intraocular lenses. Evolution, Designs, Complications, and Pathology. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1998, ISBN 0-683-00240-6 , p. 15.
- ↑ Knights and Dames at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ridley, Harold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ridley, Sir Nicholas Harold Lloyd (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British ophthalmologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kibworth Harcourt , Leicestershire |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 2001 |
| Place of death | Salisbury |