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The FDA has finally approved a miniature eye telescope that will aid sufferers of end-stage macular degeneration (Photos: Colby et al, VisionCare)
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After five years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has finally given approval to an eye telescope that treats macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the U.S. The Implantable Miniature Telescope (IMT) has been developed by VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Inc. as part of Centrasight, a new patient care system which treats end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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