The Implantable Miniature Telescope is a glass-and-plastic telescope which is implanted in only one eye.
It magnifies images, projecting them onto a part of the retina that remains healthy, which helps restore central vision.
Vision in three-fourths of patients in a study leading to approval improved to moderate impairment.
It was approved for use in the United States in 2010. Read here for a report of a successful procedure done in Madison. Click here for our 2012 report on this telescope.
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