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| Dr. Garth Webb holds a bionic lens he developed on the tip of his finger. He says inserting it would be a painless procedure, identical to cataract surgery, that would take about eight minutes. A patient’s sight would be immediately corrected. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press) |
An optometrist from British Colombia,
Dr. Garth Webb, is currently developing a bionic lens, that once
implanted would give a person 3x 20/20 vision, regardless of their age.
The bionic lens, called the ‘Ocumetics Bionic Lens’, would end the need for glasses, contact lenses, driving glasses or progressive lenses and would allow for optimal eyesight regardless of an individual’s age or health, according to CBC.
Additionally, those that elect to get the bionic implant will be assured of never getting cataracts, as the new lens actually replaces that of the natural eye.
Webb developed the lens as a means of optimizing eyesight, and says that anyone over 25 is a good candidate for the procedure, as that is when the eye has become fully developed.
“This is vision enhancement that the world has never seen before,” he says, “If you can just barely see the clock at 10 feet, when you get the Bionic Lens you can see the clock at 30 feet away.“
The lenses will be custom made for each individual. The surgery can be done in as little as 8 minutes and the results are immediate, according to Webb. The lens itself is folded like a taco and put into a saline-filled syringe, where it is then placed into the eye where it then unfolds itself within seconds.
Webb says that his work borders on “obsession,” as he wishes to free himself and others of the burden of corrective lenses, which he has personally worn since second grade.
“My heroes were cowboys, and cowboys just did not wear glasses,” Webb says.
“At age 45 I had to struggle with reading glasses, which like most people, I found was a great insult. To this day, I curse my progressive glasses. I also wear contact lenses, which I also curse just about every day.”
The bionic lens, called the ‘Ocumetics Bionic Lens’, would end the need for glasses, contact lenses, driving glasses or progressive lenses and would allow for optimal eyesight regardless of an individual’s age or health, according to CBC.
Additionally, those that elect to get the bionic implant will be assured of never getting cataracts, as the new lens actually replaces that of the natural eye.
Webb developed the lens as a means of optimizing eyesight, and says that anyone over 25 is a good candidate for the procedure, as that is when the eye has become fully developed.
“This is vision enhancement that the world has never seen before,” he says, “If you can just barely see the clock at 10 feet, when you get the Bionic Lens you can see the clock at 30 feet away.“
The lenses will be custom made for each individual. The surgery can be done in as little as 8 minutes and the results are immediate, according to Webb. The lens itself is folded like a taco and put into a saline-filled syringe, where it is then placed into the eye where it then unfolds itself within seconds.
Webb says that his work borders on “obsession,” as he wishes to free himself and others of the burden of corrective lenses, which he has personally worn since second grade.
“My heroes were cowboys, and cowboys just did not wear glasses,” Webb says.
“At age 45 I had to struggle with reading glasses, which like most people, I found was a great insult. To this day, I curse my progressive glasses. I also wear contact lenses, which I also curse just about every day.”
Webb told CBC that the project has been
in development for the past 8 years and has cost roughly $3 million in
research and development.
Recently, Webb’s new technology made waves in the ophthalmology world after presenting the lens during a meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
According to Webb, surgeons across the world were intrigued by his bionic lens design.
“I think this device is going to bring us closer to the holy grail of excellent vision at all ranges — distant, intermediate and near,” said Dr. Vincent DeLuise, an ophthalmologist who teaches at both Yale University and Weill Cornell Medical College in New York.
The Bionic Lens could be available within the next 2 years in the US and Canada, pending results of clinical trials in animals and blind humans, according to Webb.
Webb hopes that this new technology will revolutionize eye care, potentially alleviating any need for laser eye surgery in the future.
“Perfect eyesight should be a human right,” Webb said.
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Recently, Webb’s new technology made waves in the ophthalmology world after presenting the lens during a meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
According to Webb, surgeons across the world were intrigued by his bionic lens design.
“I think this device is going to bring us closer to the holy grail of excellent vision at all ranges — distant, intermediate and near,” said Dr. Vincent DeLuise, an ophthalmologist who teaches at both Yale University and Weill Cornell Medical College in New York.
The Bionic Lens could be available within the next 2 years in the US and Canada, pending results of clinical trials in animals and blind humans, according to Webb.
Webb hopes that this new technology will revolutionize eye care, potentially alleviating any need for laser eye surgery in the future.
“Perfect eyesight should be a human right,” Webb said.
Do you think these bionic lenses are the first step to the creation of bionic superhumans? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
Thanks for taking the time to read this article. If you found this information helpful, please share it with your friends and family. Your support in our endeavor of sharing free information would be much appreciated.
Follow us on Facebook to stay updated with what's going Viral in the Alternative News scene. https://www.facebook.com/ViralAlternativeNews
By Jay Syrmopoulos via The Free Thought Project
Jay Syrmopoulos is an investigative journalist, free thinker, researcher, and ardent opponent of authoritarianism. He is currently a graduate student at University of Denver pursuing a masters in Global Affairs. Jay’s work has previously been published on BenSwann.com and WeAreChange.org. You can follow him on Twitter @sirmetropolis, on Facebook at Sir Metropolis and now on tsu.
