Heidelberg Engineering becomes member of Glaucoma/Myopia OCT Phenotyping Consortium
February 5th 2022The GMOPC was established in February 2020 at an inaugural meeting in Los Angeles, California, as an investigator-initiated clinical research study, with Heidelberg Engineering as an industry partner.
Smart harness alerts visually impaired people to obstacles in their paths
January 29th 2022According to the company, biped.ai includes a comfortable and lightweight collar fitted with 3D cameras that continuously monitor a 170° field of view for the user detecting, tracking and predicting the trajectories of all surrounding elements a few seconds in advance.
Retinal age gap linked to heightened death risk, study finds
January 21st 2022The difference between retina’s biological age and person’s real age linked to heightened death risk, with a team of Australian investigators finding that evidence suggests the microvasculature in the retina may be a reliable indicator of the overall health of the body’s circulatory system and the brain.
Genentech's Susvimo, formerly PDS with ranibizumab, receives US FDA approval
October 26th 2021Susvimo, formerly called the Port Delivery System with ranibizumab, is a first-of-its-kind therapeutic approach for wet AMD and may help people with the disease maintain their vision with as few as two treatments per year.
World Sight Day 2021: How the eye care industry is celebrating #LoveYourEyes
October 14th 2021As the world comes together to shine a global spotlight on blindness and vision impairment on World Sight Day, several global organizations and companies are stepping up to increase awareness of eye health, including the importance of regular examinations by an ophthalmologist or optometrist.
Gene therapy helps patient with retinitis pigmentosa achieve partial vision
May 26th 2021An international research team has shown that optogenetic therapy has helped to partially regain visual function in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa. This is a milestone towards a gene therapy that could restore vision.
Measuring visual fields with cloud-based AI platform
May 7th 2021Dr Mohamed Abou Shousha and Dr Richard Parrish II discuss their ARVO 2021 presentation regarding a study analyzing visual field measurements using the Heru Visual Field Multi-platform application downloaded on two different commercially available augmented reality devices.