The aim of these guidelines is to identify good clinical practice, set standards of patient care and safety and provide a benchmark for outcomes within which high quality cataract surgery can be practised. They represent the current understanding of th…
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Retina Implant’s microchip restores useful vision in patients blind due to retinitis pigmentosa
Retina Implant AG, a leading developer of subretinal implants for the visually impaired, today announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B discussing the technical and clinical results obtained during their …
Retinal Implant ‘Enables Blind People To See’
Researchers in Germany have developed a retinal implant that has allowed three blind people to see shapes and objects within days of the implant being installed…
Zebrafish Yield Clues To How We Process Visual Information
To a hungry fish on the prowl, the split-second neural processing required to see, track, and gobble up a darting flash of prey is a matter of survival. To scientists, it’s a window into how our brain coordinates the eye motions that enable us to hit …
STAAR Surgical third quarter total net sales increases 6% to $13.2 million
STAAR Surgical Company, a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive ophthalmic products, today reported results for the third quarter ended October 1, 2010. Revenue for the period grew 6% to $13.2 million reflecting core produ…
New retinal implant enables blind people to see shapes and objects
Researchers in Germany have developed a retinal implant that has allowed three blind people to see shapes and objects within days of the implant being installed. One blind person was even able to identify and find objects placed on a table in front of …
Multifocal contact lenses may reduce vision for night driving
A new study suggests that older adults who wear multifocal contact lenses to correct problems with near vision, a very common condition that increases with age, may have greater difficulty driving at night than their counterparts who wear glasses. Age-…
Damage to prefrontal cortex compensated by intact areas; ‘Phantom’ images stored in flexible network throughout brain
The ability to store phantom images in our brain in order to make visual comparisons is impaired by damage to the prefrontal cortex, but intact regions of the PFC pick up the slack in less than a second. Damage to the basal ganglia, however, causes mor…
Retinal Implant Trial Helps Blind People See Shapes
Scientists have developed an eye implant that allowed three blind patients to see shapes and objects within days of treatment in a trial and say the device could become routine for some kinds of blindness in five years.
Highlights from AAO 2010
Technology Spotlight
CMV, AIDS Co-Infection Still A Significant Cause Of Morbidity, Mortality
Highly active antiretroviral therapy has had a significant impact on the morbidity and mortality of patients infected with both AIDS and cytomegalovirus retinitis, but co-infection remains a significant cause of death, vision loss and other health comp…
Glaucoma Patients Are Prone To Other Serious Illnesses
A nationwide study in Taiwan compared glaucoma patients with people who did not have this eye disease and found that the glaucoma patients were significantly more likely to have other serious health problems, including high blood pressure, diabetes, ul…
CMV, AIDS Co-Infection Still A Significant Cause Of Morbidity, Mortality
Highly active antiretroviral therapy has had a significant impact on the morbidity and mortality of patients infected with both AIDS and cytomegalovirus retinitis, but co-infection remains a significant cause of death, vision loss and other health comp…
Retinal Implant Trial Helps Blind People See Shapes
Scientists have developed an eye implant that allowed three blind patients to see shapes and objects within days of treatment in a trial and say the device could become routine for some kinds of blindness in five years.
Study Shows Link Between Pterygium And Higher-Order Aberrations
Pterygium exerted a significant impact on higher-order aberrations, particularly total coma and trefoil, a study found.
Glaucoma Patients Are Prone To Other Serious Illnesses
A nationwide study in Taiwan compared glaucoma patients with people who did not have this eye disease and found that the glaucoma patients were significantly more likely to have other serious health problems, including high blood pressure, diabetes, ul…
RegeneRx announces positive results from RGN-259 non-clinical study for Dry Eye Syndrome
RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the results of its first non-clinical dry eye study using RGN-259, RegeneRx’s ophthalmic, preservative-free eye drop for the treatment of Dry Eye Syndrome (DES). In the study, animals were treated with …
Glaucoma Patients Are Prone To Other Serious Illnesses
A nationwide study in Taiwan compared glaucoma patients with people who did not have this eye disease and found that the glaucoma patients were significantly more likely to have other serious health problems, including high blood pressure, diabetes, ul…
Lucentis receive DME approval in EU
(Ophtalmology Times Europe) Novartis has received a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for its therapy Lucentis for the treatment of patients with diabetic macular oedema (DME). Full Story ->
Gebauer Launches DSAEK Vacuum Punch for Corneal Transplantation Surgery
Gebauer Medizintechnik GmbH (Neuhausen,
Germany) announced the launch of the DSAEK
Vacuum Punch for corneal transplantation surgery,
according to a company news release.
The device consists of a sterilizable vacuum punch
mount, precise single-use treph…