This medical device was FDA approved on July 1st, 2010. It is an implantable miniature telescope that is used to treat patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Macular Degeneration is a disease that affects adults over the age of 60 and is the leading cause of vision loss.
It is denoted by a loss of “central vision” which is critical for doing such tasks as reading or driving. The macula is the region of the eye that helps with seeing fine detail when it begins to become affected vision loss can occur. Sometimes it happens slowly and affects both eyes or can have a rapid onset.
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