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New IOLS: Presbyopic Solutions and Toric Updates
As would be expected, monocular UDVA improved significantly from preoperative: 45% of eyes achieved 20/20 or better UDVA at 1 month postoperative. CDVA was 20/20 or better in 89% of eyes. Also at 1 month, monocular UIVA at 80 cm was 20/32 or better in 56% of eyes and 20/40 or better in 83% of eyes. DCIVA at 80 cm was 20/32 or better in 56% of eyes and 20/40 or better in 81%. DCIVA was also ...
By SAV-IOL SA
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Insight into Computer Eye Strain
Computer eye strain is becoming a big problem in society today. It is a condition that causes fatigue to the eyes, leaving those affected feeling tired. It is caused by straining too much when working on your computer or any other light screen. When people work for long periods of time on their computers, the eyes are prone to becoming itchy and red. Additionally, some people will experience ...
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Monte Carlo studies of the eyelid's influence on the absorbed dose in eye tissues
The aim of this work was to investigate the influence of the eyelid on the absorbed dose distribution in eye tissues. The study was performed using two versions of the female adult head phantom (FeH) connected to the GEANT4 Monte Carlo code: one has the eyes open and the second, closed. The calculations of organ dose, normalised to air KERMA free-in-air, were done for external exposures to photon ...
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The Latest Innovations in Microneedle Eye and Lip Patch Technologies
In recent years, microneedle patches have emerged as a revolutionary technology in the beauty and skincare industry. These patches are designed to deliver active ingredients directly into the skin, providing targeted treatments for a variety of concerns. One area where microneedle patches have shown significant promise is in the treatment of the delicate skin around the eyes and lips. In this ...
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How to Read an Eye Prescription
It does not matter whether you have been wearing glasses for years, even decades or if you have only just started wearing them recently. Either way, your prescription will probably look like a confusing collection of meaningless numbers. You are not the only one to think that. One part of the prescription that puzzles many people is the sphere cylinder and axis. In the following post, though, we ...
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Perfluorinated compound concentrations in great blue herons eggs near St. Paul, Minnesota, USA in 1993 and 2010–2011
A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) colony on Pig's Eye Island on the Mississippi River near St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, is located near several potential perfluorinated compound (PFC) sources. The PFC concentrations in great blue heron eggs reported from a 1993 collection from the Pig's Eye colony were among the highest measured in bird eggs worldwide. The objective of this investigation was to ...
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Interactive revolution in eye care
Swiss Advanced Vision (SAV-IOL) is a Swiss manufacturer of high quality innovative intraocular lenses (IOLs) designed for cataract surgery. The company recently announced the start of a project for developing a revolutionary active intraocular lens, R-TASC (Real-Time Autofocus Servo Control), featuring real-time autofocus and wireless connectivity. Max Boysset, SAV-IOL CEO, believes R-TASC could ...
By SAV-IOL SA
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Aramis Biosciences Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 2 Clinical Trial Evaluating A197 for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease
Aramis Biosciences announced that the first patient has been dosed in its phase 2 proof of concept clinical trial evaluating A197, a novel, first-in-class, topical immunomodulatory agent for the treatment of dry eye disease. “This is an important milestone for Aramis Biosciences and a hopeful moment for dry eye patients given the suboptimal efficacy and tolerability limitations commonly ...
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How Blue Light Affects Your Eyes
Do you sometimes find it hard to sleep at night? Chances are that blue light is affecting your body's biological clock and disrupting your sleep patterns. This is a reality for many people if you consider that an average modern human being spends almost 5,000 hours staring at screens that emit blue light. It’s inevitable that as digital technologies continue to be available to more people, ...
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Formaldehyde: 15 Products, Processes and Industries
Formaldehyde is a colourless gas with a characteristic pungent odour. It's widely used in many industries and causes severe health issues if used inappropriately. Formaldehyde is highly toxic to humans, regardless of method of intake. Even very short-term exposure to formaldehyde irritates the eyes causing pain, redness, blurred vision and severe eye watering. It can irritate the nose and throat ...
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Meet Live, a 4-year-old girl with Rett syndrome who loves action
Live is a tender and cheerful 4-year-old girl. She’s diagnosed with Rett syndrome, but has a more atypical disease course, which means she cannot sit, stand or walk. Live makes good eye contact and has learned to use her eyes and facial expressions to communicate. Live developed as expected until she was around 6 months, but Madeleine, Live’s mother, still felt that something was ...
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12 Protocols for Balance Assessment with force/pressure plate
Balance is achieved and maintained by a complex set of sensorimotor control systems. (check What is Balance?) When any of these systems is injured or deficient, balance can markedly be affected. Therefore, it is important to have tools that can help health professionals identify if there is a balance problem and the specific nature and/or the cause of the problem. Several conditions like stroke, ...
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These Smart Contact Lenses Overlay Info Without Obscuring your View
A Computer in Your Eye As with many problems, the notion of sticking a small display in front of your eye is more involved than it first appears. For example, Mojo found that accurate, high-speed, eye tracking was essential. Otherwise projected objects would move all over our field of view as our eyes darted about. For anyone who has shelled out hundreds of dollars on a bulky eye-tracker for a ...
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A single contact lens could give your entire life a head-up display
Mojo Vision's smart contacts put text in my eye and let me see in the dark. The company is aiming for even more than that. There aren't many meetings in Las Vegas during CES that still make my jaw drop. The few I can think of mostly involved Oculus. I had no idea what a company I've never met with before, called Mojo Vision, was going to show me. I knew they made very, very small displays. I ...
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Demonstration Model Design and Develop
Successfully Design a Demo Model from Concept to Finished Product Step by Step Step 1: Understand the customers' concepts and purpose We received an email from one of our European customers describing a potential project that a pharmaceutical company would award to them. The pharmaceutical company was launching a new product that involved a special type of eye drop. The drug company needed to ...
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Vaccine-induced antibodies target sequestered viral antigens to prevent ocular HSV-1 pathogenesis, preserve vision, and preempt productive neuronal infection
The cornea is essential for vision yet highly sensitive to immune-mediated damage following infection. Generating vaccines that provide sterile immunity against ocular surface pathogens without evoking vision loss is therefore clinically challenging. Here, we tested a prophylactic live-attenuated vaccine against herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), a widespread human pathogen that can cause ...
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Raising Awareness on the Challenges of Injections: `My First Injection`
Twelve years ago Jody started getting unexplained pain, swelling and redness in her eyes after having her first child. Shortly after, she was diagnosed with Scleritis¹, a serious eye disease that is often associated with an underlying autoimmune disorder. Fast forward to today, Jody has started taking weekly injections to ease her symptoms. We sat down with Jody to hear ...
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One leg test balance! Very challenging
Standing on one leg is an essential task in activities of daily living (ADLs), from walking to stair climbing, shower transfer and lower body dressing (while standing). Besides that, it is necessary in many occupational and sports activities, making it an important stance to be included within a balance assessment session. One-leg stance duration is one the oldest balance tests using a simple ...
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AstaPure® EyeQ: Natural astaxanthin for Eyes and brain - Download the eBook!
Inspired by the superb vision and natural mechanism of the eagle's eye, Algatechnologies introduces AstaPure® EyeQ. a clinically supported, microencapsulated, cold water-soluble 2% natural astaxanthin powder. AstaPure® EyeQ is a highly pure extract derived from Haematococcus pluvialis microalgaer a species of microalgae known to be the richest source of natural astaxanthin. As a ...
By Algatech
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FDA clears first artificial iris by HumanOptics
The first stand-alone prosthetic iris has received regulatory approval in the United States. CustomFlex Artificial Iris (HumanOptics) is a flexible silicone device indicated for adults and children with congenital aniridia or iris defects due to albinism, traumatic injury or surgical removal. “Today’s approval of the first artificial iris provides a novel method to treat iris ...
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