Drug-dispensing contact lenses
Juniper Foo | Jul 28, 2009
These "designer" contact lenses contain the meds in a doughtnut-shaped pouch (insert) that doesn't interfere with the wearer's vision. (Credit: Wired)
This caught my eye, simply because it's one heck of a novel way to deliver your meds. That said, I'm still wearing spectacles only because I've never been able to keep my eyes open long enough to put them in. The last attempt resulted in a lot of tearing, some of it tears of frustration. But back to this rather nifty delivery method. Like the cancer-monitoring implant, this "designer" contact lens is designed to innocuously release crucial antibiotics gradually over a long time frame, about a month, all in an easy, painless manner.
The Boston researchers worked a decade to get it right, and describe their creation as a pita pocket with a big wad of drugs in the middle of a hydrogel gel. It's still undergoing tests, but once out, should be a boon for those suffering glaucoma, dry eyes or ocular infection and hate having to remember to apply their drugs regularly. And maybe someday, too, I will wear lenses. Or not.
Via Wired
