Bumpy road to reimbursement for emerging technologies

The FDA approved marketing of the Triggerfish, a soft silicone contact lens with an embedded sensor that detects small changes or fluctuations in the eye’s volume, in March.The Triggerfish (Sensimed) allows data collected over a 24-hour period with the contact lens to be transferred via Bluetooth to the clinician’s computer, letting the clinician know how IOP varies throughout the day.

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