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Posted by: thepinetree on 04/15/2013 11:26 AM
Updated by: thepinetree on 04/15/2013 12:08 PM
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Bret Harte Grad Joins VisionCare to Help Market Implantable Telescope
Murphys, CA...Bret Harte graduate Andrew Weathers recently addressed the Angels/Murphys Rotary at Ironstone Winery about Vision Care the medical device that the company he is with. VisionCare makes and markets a mini telescope eye implant that helps some end stage macular degeneration patients see. It is FDA approved and Medicare covers the treatment costs. Locally UC Davis put one in a Pollock Pines woman in 2012 The patient does need to meet pretty stringent criteria but the results can be remarkable. Andrew was asked by his Grandfather and Rotary Member Larry Byrnes to come up and speak. The device and the company are getting extensive press coverage and have additional information on the technology behind the device enclosed...
From VisionCare:
The Implantable Telescope Technology platform is based on wide-angle micro-optics that, in combination with the optics of the cornea, create a telephoto system that magnifies objects in view. VisionCare’s third-generation telescope implant (Implantable Miniature Telescope by Dr. Isaac Liphitz), has received FDA approval. The company also holds a CE mark and Israel Ministry of Health approval for distribution and sale of the device. The telescope implant is surgically placed in the capsular bag after removal of the eye's lens. Implantation inside the eye allows the patient to see using natural eye movements in both stationary and dynamic environments.
The Implantable Telescope Technology platform incorporates wide-angle micro-optical lenses in a Galilean telescope design. Based on this proprietary technology, VisionCare’s lead product (Implantable Miniature Telescope by Dr. Isaac Liphitz), along with the cornea, enlarges images in front of the eye approximately 2.2 or 2.7 times their normal size (depending on the model used). The magnification allows central images to be projected onto healthy perimacular areas of the retina instead of the macula alone, where breakdown of photoreceptors and loss of vision has occurred. This helps reduce the 'blind spot' and allows the patient to distinguish and discern images that may have been unrecognizable or difficult to see.
Telescope Implant Construction
The Implantable Telescope Technology is housed in a prosthetic device composed of three primary components: a fused quartz glass capsule that contains wide-angle micro-optical elements; a clear polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) carrier; and a blue PMMA light restrictor. The sealed optical component is snap-fitted into the carrier plate.
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