A team of researchers at Beijing Institute of Technology, the Avic Chengdu Aircraft Design & Research Institute, and the Beijing Friendship Hospital have designed a new “smart” contact lens that could ...

For the roughly 80 million people worldwide living with glaucoma, the standard treatment is deceptively simple: put drops in your eyes every day. In practice, studies show that up to half of patients ...

A contact lens that senses rising eye pressure and automatically dispenses glaucoma medication has moved closer to reality, thanks to a design built entirely from flexible, biocompatible polymers.

Most people with early-stage glaucoma don’t know they have it, even though early treatment is key to reducing vision loss. While detecting a subtle increase in eye pressure helps doctors to diagnose ...

We’ve always been interested in fluidic computers, a technique that uses moving fluids to perform logic operations. Now, Spectrum reports that researchers have developed an electronics-free contact ...

For primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG), clear-lens extraction was more effective and cost-effective than laser peripheral iridotomy, according to results from the Effectiveness in Angle-closure ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After 1 year, patients with gas-permeable contact lenses had about 10 ETDRS letters greater visual acuity ...

A groundbreaking smart contact lens is revolutionizing early detection methods for irreversible vision loss. This innovative lens can wirelessly monitor eye pressure in real time, which is ...

A person with glaucoma may be able to wear contact lenses. However, this can depend on the severity of their condition, and the type of treatment they receive. Glaucoma is a condition in which ...

A study published in the journal Ophthalmology shows how a “smart” contact lens can help identify which patients with glaucoma are most likely to experience disease progression. C Gustavo De Moraes, ...

Most people with early-stage glaucoma don't know they have it, even though early treatment is key to reducing vision loss. While detecting a subtle increase in eye pressure helps doctors to diagnose ...