Optegra Group offers a telescopic implant for end-stage age-related macular degeneration patients. Optician looks at its effectiveness
The implant is a pea-sized telescopic system (Figure 1) that is positioned within the capsule of the crystalline lens in such a way that it projects a three-times magnified image of the outside world on an area of retina outside the atrophic zone. This means that, in a way analogous to eccentric viewing, the patient has to relearn viewing using a peripheral area of retina which, although having a lower resolution to the fovea, should provide a significant improvement over a central scotoma. Figure 2 illustrates the surgical implantation process.
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