Researchers Develop Smart Lens That Could Help to Treat Leading Cause of Blindness Worldwide

Chris K

Chris K

Chris K
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A team of Chinese researchers have developed a compact wireless device – a flexible (smart) contact lens – that appears to detect rising eye pressure. When the lens detects that eye pressure has reached a risk level, the wireless system triggers the release of the drug. The drug flows from the underside of the lens across the cornea into the eye.

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