Futuristic contact lenses dispense medicated eyedrops while you wear them
If you’ve ever struggled with trying to get those tiny eyedrops in just the right spot, read on.
A team of researchers has come up with a new type of contact-lens system that gradually delivers medication to your eye while you wear them. That’s right: no more fumbling for the vials on your overcrowded bathroom counter and squinting into the air as the first few drops plop on your face, nose, ears and anywhere but where they are supposed to go.
The design, described this week in the journal Opthalmology, is elegant, at least as far as these types of medical innovations go. The contact lens has a thin film that holds a medication, but only on the periphery so that the middle is clear.
The research was conducted using latanoprost, a medication for glaucoma, and looked at how the contact lenses performed vs traditional daily eyedrops.
