Wearable Device Shows Potential as Non-Invasive Glaucoma Treatment
From: R&D Magazine - 06/16/2017
By: Ryan Bushey

Current therapies prescribed for glaucoma can vary between eye drops and
pills, but factors like ensuring regular usage and possible side effects can
impair their effectiveness, according to the National Eye Institute.

A startup affiliated with Purdue University called Bionode may have a
solution for this problem.

The device features an enhanced pair of glasses and a standard contact lens
that is imbued with a gold trace, designed to relieve elevated intra-ocular
pressure in glaucoma patients.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.rdmag.com/article/2017/06/wearable-device-shows-potential-non-invasive-glaucoma-treatment-0

Links:
Glaucoma Research Foundation
http://www.glaucoma.org/glaucoma/glaucoma-facts-and-stats.php

Purdue-affiliated startup developing non-invasive, effective contact lenses
  and glasses to treat glaucoma, prevent blindness
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2017/Q2/purdue-affiliated-startup-developing-non-invasive,-effective-contact-lenses-and-glasses-to-treat-glaucoma,-prevent-blindness.html

Related:
Drug-Dispensing Contact Lens Lowers Eye Pressure in Glaucoma Model
https://www.dddmag.com/news/2016/08/drug-dispensing-contact-lens-lowers-eye-pressure-glaucoma-model

Researchers Report Invention of Glucose-Sensing Contact Lens
https://www.dddmag.com/news/2016/10/researchers-report-invention-glucose-sensing-contact-lens