The FDA has approved a prosthetic device to replace a missing or damaged iris, the agency announced. Approval of the CustomFlex artificial iris was granted to HumanOptics AG.
“Today’s approval of the first artificial iris provides a novel method to treat iris defects that reduces sensitivity to bright light and glare. It also improves the cosmetic appearance of the eye in patients with aniridia,” Malvina Eydelman, MD, director of the Division of Ophthalmic, and Ear, Nose and Throat Devices at the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in (Read more...)
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