On September 4, the first performance assessment of our artificial iris was reported in Scientific Reports (pdf), a Nature publication. Resulting from a collaboration between our group and the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz (Madrid, Spain) the paper demonstrates that a smart contact lens with our artificial iris has the potential to expand the visual sharpness, decrease optical aberrations and reduce the amount of light entering the eye in a dynamic manner. Thanks to the fruitful collaboration with Holst Centre (an open innovation initiative from imec and TNO, the Netherlands), we can also present an autonomous prototype that will be further developed into a medical device within the framework of the spin-off incubation initiative Azalea Vision, from imec and Ghent University.
More links:
→ Forbes - This Smart Contact Lens Is Already In Clinical Trials At Ghent University In Belgium.
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→ UGent-ELIS - Slimme contactlens vervangt iris. (dutch)
→ Medgadget - Artificial Iris Inside Smart Contacts Corrects Vision Disorders.
→ News Break - Imec develops artificial iris.
→ International Business Times - Scientists Develop Smart Contact Lens with Artificial Iris to Treat Eye Diseases.
→ EOS - Contactlens vervangt iris. (dutch)
→ Datanews - Imec en UGent stellen slimme contactlens met kunstmatige iris voor. (dutch)