Many fantastic works paint a picture of a future where bionic body parts measure man real. Sometimes it seems that such will come to our world soon, but this is not so. So, the canadian company Ocumetics Technology Corporation is currently conducting clinical trials of the device Bionic Lens that will be able to replace glasses and contact lenses. Moreover, if desired, a bionic lens can be ordered now.
Bionic Lens is a kind of implant that replaces the crystalline lens of the eye. The installation of this implant does not differ from the installation of an artificial crystalline lens, the technique of which is well established. After implantation, the lens is corrects any deviations are not associated with retinal damage. Thus, the Bionic Lens is a sort of “dynamic” lenses that are installed inside the eye is able to adapt in case of changes of view of man. This happens due to the fact that the Bionic Lens connected with the ciliary muscle, which gives the possibility to focus at different distances. It is noteworthy that, as the developers say, the focus range is much wider than the normal lens, and on the work of bionic lenses it spent 100 times less energy. That is, the muscle that controls the lens, there will be little tired.
But that’s not all! Using Bionic Lens, people will be able to focus on small objects (e.g., car) at a distance up to 30 meters without strain to the eyes. And if you start to consider your own finger, then, according to the developers, it will be possible to distinguish the smallest patterns that form the fingerprints. In the future an implant can be modified, for example, display the image on the screen of the external device. As stated by the project Manager and the inventor of the Bionic Lens Garth Webb,
“At the moment the only drawback of the lens is only its absence, as it will give tremendous benefits to its possessor. But seriously, the bionic lens is not a panacea in the treatment of eye diseases. She can’t get rid of color blindness, myopathy, diseases of the retina and damage the optic nerve. But “owners” of myopia and hyperopia, it will help to get rid of glasses and contact lenses without resorting to complex operations.”
If Bionic Lens Successfully passes the clinical trials, she entered service surgeons in the next 2 years. Announced price of the device: $ 3,200 for one thing. Transaction costs are not included.
Bionic lens: implant that will return the eye and gives “super powers”
Vladimir Kuznetsov