Drug-dispensing Contact Lens Effectively Lowers Eye Pressure in Glaucoma Model
From: Medical Design Technology - 08/29/2016

A contact lens designed to deliver medication gradually to the eye could
improve outcomes for patients with conditions requiring treatment with eye
drops, which are often imprecise and difficult to self-administer. In a study
published online today in Ophthalmology, a team of researchers have shown
that a novel contact lens-based system, which uses a strategically placed
drug polymer film to deliver medication gradually to the eye, is at least as
effective, and possibly more so, as daily latanoprost eye drops in a
pre-clinical model for glaucoma.

The researchers designed a novel contact lens that contains a thin film of
drug-encapsulated polymers in the periphery. The drug-polymer film slows the
drug coming out of the lens. Because the drug film is on the periphery, the
center of the lens is clear, allowing for normal visual acuity, breathability
and hydration. The lenses can be made with no refractive power or with the
ability to correct the refractive error in nearsighted or farsighted eyes.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/08/drug-dispensing-contact-lens-effectively-lowers-eye-pressure-glaucoma-model

Link:
Joseph B. Ciolino
http://www.masseyeandear.org/josephciolino