Contact Lenses Could Deliver Medications

Roland Piquepaille writes "This UPI Science News article says that eye diseases like glaucoma could one day be treated by pharmaceuticals delivered through contact lenses. "Patients might be able to one day receive prescription medications through tiny particles embedded in soft contact lenses, researchers said Sunday. They said they have developed a method to encapsulate a medication in nanoparticles, particles so tiny they are microscopic and cannot be felt or seen by the eye." However, the lenses are in the very early engineering design stages and have not been tested clinically. Check this column for more details."

Comments

Re:the new nicotine patch

[Randolpho]

I thought perhaps it might be a great way to deliver THC instead. This whole push to legalize pot for medicinal uses is fine, but the problem is people want to smoke it, and I sure as hell don't want another form of smoking out there.

So, hey, if people can get their THC from their contacts.... maybe they'll drop the pipe?

Nah, it'll never happen. ;)

Not just medications

[Strange Ranger]

Delivering meds seems like a fine idea. But what about doing things with contact lenses that relate to vision? I want ones that darken slightly in bright light and come in a polarized, blue blocking, 'Like-Revo' version. At least give us some glare reduction for winter, water sports, and CRT viewing.

I don't want to change my eye color, I don't want to change my 2 week replacement schedule. They're already so comfortable I can't feel them. So when AccuView 3's come out how about we see some advances in functionality? Seems a bit overdue.

Eventually I fully expect a Heads-Up-Display on my contacts.