Researchers have developed contact lenses with embedded sensors that measure the pressure inside the eye and send the information to an ophthalmologist for evaluation. It’s hoped that the lens will ...
There’s a new device to help doctors treat glaucoma patients more accurately. Often associated with increased pressure of fluid in the eye, glaucoma is a disease in which the optic nerve is damaged, ...
Moran Eye Center Glaucoma Research Fellow Michael Jensen, MD, holds an iCare HOME2 device that glaucoma patients can use at home to measure eye pressure. Glaucoma is an incurable, insidious eye ...
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 ...
Glaucoma effects around 70 million people worldwide and can cause irreversible loss of vision if not treated – but around half of those living with the condition are not aware of it. Usually ...
In a recent publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, scientists from the American Chemical Society unveiled a prototype "smart" contact lens capable of accurately measuring eye pressure ...