New contact lenses technology implanted directly into the eye

A new surgical approach can help people with poor eyesight bypass the glasses.

New technology that helps patients reduce their need for glasses by up to 90% may be a revolution for those with low vision. The plastic implants called Symfony are surgically implanted into the eye to make the focus sharp and for the first time will help to improve visually impaired vision.

The procedure involves incision of a 3 mm long line on the iris.

The replacement part (the cut part) will help enlarge the vision to be implanted through the incision. Surgeons Bobby Qureshi said that those who performed the surgery found positive progress the next day.

"This method offers excellent vision, near-perfect vision, if not perfect, and between 80 and 90 percent of people who perform surgery ," he told Sky News. need glasses to read ".

He added: "However, a small percentage may still need glasses to read small print . " Although the surgery is only 15 minutes long and is thought to be painless, it will be a costly treatment that costs about £ 4,000 (about 146 million) per eye.

Patients Justin Greaves is in the early stages of cataracts hoping that Symfony will help him avoid using more glasses to drive, read and use computers.

Immediately after the transplant, he said, " I saw a marked improvement in the hours, and it was still too early to talk about the effect of contact lenses, but I had improved."