A 3rd generation family owned business of ocularist, John Stolpe BCO provides the highest level of standards in custom advanced artificial eyes. A History of Innovation
Our family's history of innovation in artificial prosthetic eyes dates back over...
A 3rd generation family owned business of ocularist, John Stolpe BCO provides the highest level of standards in custom advanced artificial eyes. A History of Innovation
Our family's history of innovation in artificial prosthetic eyes dates back over half a century, to World War II.
Germany had cut off the supply of glass used to make artificial eyes for Americans. The United States Army Medical Corps responded by instituting its own program to develop and deliver plastic prosthetic eyes to servicemen. Frederick Lewis was chosen to be part of that program. He began working to invent the modern acrylic prosthetic eye, an innovation that proved new, efficient materials could replace old glass technology.
John Stolpe, B.C.O.
Three generations later, I continue my grandfather's tradition of innovation.
A graduate of the University of Southern California, I was trained by my grandfather Frederick Lewis. I took over my grandfather's
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