Ultra-small telescope helps improve vision

A small apple-seeded telescope is implanted in the eye to help improve vision for people with age-related macular degeneration. This visual aid device is waiting for FDA license to use.

A product of VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies Inc. (USA), this 'implantable miniature telescope' is called in English IMT (Implantable Miniature Telescope) and is the invention of two company founders: Isaac Lipshitz and Yossi Gross.

With a horizontal diameter of a small apple seed, this artificial visual device is able to improve the vision and quality of life of people with age-related macular degeneration (Age-related Macular Degeneration). - AMD).

As the world's smallest telescope, IMT has helped improve eyesight for two-thirds of 200 diseases with age-related macular degeneration.(Photo: VisionCare)

The macular is a small area in the center of the retina, which has vision correction function at the center of the vision. When the macula is degenerated, vision at the center of the vision will gradually be erased, making it difficult for patients to read, travel, watch television, and even not recognize the acquaintance. .

In the past 2 and 3 clinical trials, IMT helped 2/3 of the 200 patients improve their visual ability.

When implanted into the eye, IMT, along with the cornea, acts as a remote imaging system to enlarge the image with 3X or 2,2X magnification, depending on the IMT type, facilitating the disease. The kernel is more visible in the central part of the vision.

IMT's ability to remotely capture images allows images not to be focused directly on the damaged gold spot, but overlap the healthy center and periphery of the retina.

This optical technique helps patients with vision loss because AMD recognizes images that they cannot or are difficult to see without an IMT transplant.

With the world's smallest telescope, patients will be able to use normal eye functions to observe things around them and read books and newspapers . After IMT transplant surgery, patients will be admitted. Join a vision recovery program to maximize your ability to use your eyes in daily life.

IMT implantation is expected to become a permanent and stable solution for patients with vision loss due to AMD.

Currently, VisionCare is waiting for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use this visual aid device.

IMT helps the image not to focus directly on the damaged gold spot, but covers the healthy area in the center and periphery of the retina, helping the patient see better . (Photo: VisionCare)

Quang Thinh

According to Vision Care, ABC News, VietNamNet