Fiber optics in its infancy were surprisingly first thought of by the father of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell. When Mr. Bell created the “Photophone” in approximately 1880 he utilized light to transmit sound.

Then in 1888, William Wheeler furthered this infant idea of Fiber optics to create actual lighted pipes that illuminated light offering an alternative to electric lighting and gaslights for the home. David Smith evolved the fiber optic conception further by inventing a lighted glass rod for the purpose of using in surgery providing a bright light that is so essential to any surgical procedure.

Fiber optics continued to follow its path of development throughout the years until Heinrich Lamm whom was a German medical student was forward thinking enough to bundle several strands of fiber optics together to create the first version of a fiber optic wire.

Fiber optics continued to develop until the 1970’s when a research team was experimenting with fused silica enabling them to create the fiber optic wire, as we know it today