by Northumbria University Photographs of subjects (a) wearing a Type-B contact lens, (b) wearing a Type-D contact lens, (c) wearing a contact lens, an antenna and carrying a readout unit. Credit: Contact Lens and Anterior Eye (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2023.102102Glaucoma effects around 70 million people worldwide and can cause irreversible loss of vision if not treated—but around...
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Dry-eye-preventing contact lens is powered by its wearer’s blinks
By Ben Coxworth January 30, 2023 Use of the contact lens could eliminate the need for moisturizing eyedrops Depositphotos Many contact lens users end up suffering from an uncomfortable and sometimes even debilitating condition known as contact lens-induced dry eye (CLIDE). An experimental new contact lens, however, could keep that from happening … using a...
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Augmented reality contact lenses could replace your phone screen
By: Bloomberg Updated: September 5, 2022 5:23:26 pm The Mojo lens includes nine titanium batteries of the sort normally found in pacemakers and a flexible circuit narrower than a human hair providing all the power and data. (Image credit: Mojo Vision) Written by Parmy Olson Walk down any street and it’s a familiar scene: people...
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A tear-soluble contact lens with silicon nanoneedles to treat eye diseases
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers from Purdue University and the University of Michigan, both in the U.S., working with colleagues from Hanyang University, Hongik University and the Kumoh National Institute of Technology, all in the Republic of Korea, has developed a type of contact lens with...
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A tear-soluble contact lens with silicon nanoneedles to treat eye diseases
XpressCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers from Purdue University and the University of Michigan, both in the U.S., working with colleagues from Hanyang University, Hongik University and the Kumoh National Institute of Technology, all in the Republic of Korea, has developed a type of contact lens with embedded nanoneedles for treating eye diseases....
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CEO test-drives Mojo Vision’s smart augmented reality contact lens
By Loz Blain June 29, 2022 Mojo Vision CEO Drew Perkins became the first person to test a fully functional prototype of the company’s smart AR contact lens Mojo Vision Forget your bulky AR headsets, smart contact lenses are coming to place augmented reality displays right there on your eyeball. Last week, Mojo Vision CEO...
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World’s only drug-delivering contact lens approved for use in the US
By Nick Lavars March 02, 2022 A world-first kind of contact lens has been approved for use in the US Depositphotos Over the years we’ve looked at many interesting studies and research prototypes demonstrating how contact lenses could one day be used for much more than correcting vision, and the delivery of medication is one of...
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How a specialty contact lens restored one patient’s sight
by University of Southern California Maria and Dr. Chiu together. Credit: University of Southern California Three years ago, an outside clinic diagnosed Maria Contreras with keratoconus, a degenerative eye disease that causes thinning and bulging of the cornea. Though the clinic followed her for years, Maria saw no improvement in her vision and continued to suffer from poorly corrected irregular...