A telescope for your eye: New contact lens design may improve sight of patients with macular degeneration
Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 23:30
in Health & Medicine
Contact lenses correct eyesight but do nothing to improve blurry vision of those suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness among older adults in the western world. Now a team of researchers has created a slim, telescopic contact lens that can switch between normal and magnified vision. With refinements, the system could offer AMD patients a relatively unobtrusive way to enhance their vision.