Tuesday, July 13, 2010
FDA Approves First Implantable Miniature Telescope to Improve Sight of AMD patients
Wow!...
FDA News Release:
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it has approved the Implantable Miniature Telescope (IMT) to improve vision in some patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Surgically implanted in one eye, the IMT is a small telescope that replaces the natural lens and provides an image that has been magnified more than two times."