Ocumetics Technology Corpclaims to have developed a painless eight - arcminute function that would give you imaginativeness that is supposedly three times good than 20/20 . The " bionic " lenses would give even 100 - yr - olds better vision than anything currently available . Does this sound too good to be true ? Well , we ca n’t tell , as it has yet to undergo any clinical trials .
“ exemption from glasses and liaison lenses is a goal that is now a reality , ” Ocumetics says on its internet site . The CEO , Dr Gareth Webb , a Canadian optometrist , invented the " clitoris - regulate " lens system and has been working on the product for eight years of inquiry , cost $ 3 m.
" This is vision enhancement that the humanity has never seen before . If you could just barely see the clock at 10 metrical unit , when you get the Bionic Lens you could see the clock at 30 foot away , " Webbtold CBC .
The operation is similar to cataract surgical process . It involves absent your original lens and replace it with an Ocumetics ' Bionic Lens , which is folded into a syringe in a saline solution and injected direct into your eye . Webb says that the specialized lens would also prevent people from develop cataracts as the function replaces natural lenses , which crumble over metre .
He presented his lens to a chemical group of leading ophthalmologists in San Diego earlier last month . Webb told CBC that response have been positive , with some eager to get involved in clinical trial .
" There ’s a lot of agitation about the Bionic Lens from very experienced sawbones who perhaps had some cynicism about this because they ’ve seen things not work in the past . They think that this might actually work and they ’re eager enough that they all wish well to be on the medical advisory board to aid him on his journeying , " Dr. Vincent DeLuise , an eye doctor who teach at Yale University , tell CBC .
The Bionic Lens would make contacts lenses , meth and optical maser surgery obsolete , Webb says . If they do pass those all - important clinical trial , he suggests they could be usable in two year ’ prison term . In the interim , I ’d recommend take hold onto your glasses and inter-group communication lense .
