July 22, 2008

Sight saved with contact lenses

New type of contact lens is so advanced that it is like having your own personal eye doctor that you can carry around with you every where that you go.

This new type of lens which is a combination of electrically conductive, antibiotic nanosilver particles and this new style of contact lens that when they are used by a patient will continuously monitor the eye by checking the pressure and other readings.

It will even administer medication into the eye without the need to visit the doctor or nurse. Because this new contact lens is monitoring and medicating it is believed that this could play a large part in preventing long term eye problems.

Currently all the checks and medications done by this contact lens are done by medical staff, by using this could prolong and prevent eye problems, which is great for patients.

Source [Discovery]