Innovative Device Simulates Cataract Replacement Experience (IMAGE)

Optica

Innovative Device Simulates Cataract Replacement Experience

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Carlos Dorronsoro and Susana Marcos invented a vision simulator that aims to make it easier for cataract patients to choose an implantable lens. The researchers have tested the monocular device and are working on a binocular version that would simulate different types of lenses in each eye.

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Carlos Dorronsoro, Instituto de Optica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

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