Telescopic Implant Restores Vision in Patient with Advanced Macular
  Degeneration 
From: UC Davis Health System - 09/26/2012

Surgeons at UC Davis Medical Center have successfully implanted a new
telescope implant in the eye of a patient with end-stage age-related macular
degeneration (AMD), the most advanced form of the disease and a leading cause
of blindness in older Americans. 

The device, approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2010, is the only
medical/surgical option available that restores a portion of vision lost to
the disease. UC Davis Health System's Eye Center, in collaboration with the
Society for the Blind, is one of the few in California and the nation to
offer the innovative procedure. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/welcome/features/2012-2013/09/20120926_telescopic_eye_implant.html

Links:
UC Davis Health System's Eye Center
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/eyecenter

Society for the Blind
http://www.societyfortheblind.org/

Implantable Telescope for End-Stage Macular Degeneration
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/VisionCare-Announces-FDA-prnews-2242896490.html