A wearable lens with wireless sensors tracks intraocular pressure continuously, offering ultra-sensitive, non-invasive ...

Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness among people who are unable to monitor and manage their intraocular pressure (IOP) daily. The current tools for IOP measurement are not portable, convenient, ...

New contact lens technology to help diagnose and monitor medical conditions may soon be ready for clinical trials. (Image provided by Pete Kollbaum) New contact lens technology to help diagnose and ...

In a major step toward wearable superhuman technology, researchers have developed contact lenses that allow mice and humans to see in infrared without requiring any ...

An estimated 45 million Americans wear contact lenses to improve their vision without the need for eyeglasses. But these common medical devices may one day offer so ...

A team of researchers at Beijing Institute of Technology, the Avic Chengdu Aircraft Design & Research Institute, and the Beijing Friendship Hospital have designed a new “smart” contact lens that could ...

Currently, the lenses can only perceive NIR light sent from LED sources, but the team is working on expanding their capabilities. "Our research opens up the potential for noninvasive wearable devices ...

Glaucoma is a prevalent and chronic eye disease that requires regular intraocular pressure monitoring to prevent disease ...

Optometrists, ophthalmologists and their patients will benefit from new, high-tech tools to detect glaucoma at its earliest stages thanks to a startup that will commercialize smart contact lenses ...

Contact lenses are evolving rapidly with technology, offering users more comfort, better vision, and even health-monitoring capabilities. Technological innovations have changed how people view and ...