Towards a Safe and Simple Method for Artificial Lens Fixation

Every year, 20,000 patients with damaged capsular support undergo a procedure known as artificial lens fixation. However, historical and current methods for lens fixation are problematic for both patients and physicians: the procedure requires risky, challenging maneuvers that compromise intraoperative safety and contribute to postoperative complications (3-12%). Ophthalmologists need a means to perform artificial lens fixation without risky, challenging maneuvers in order to reduce long-term complications (e.g. lens dislocation, uveitis, cystoid macular edema, and iris capture). To date, we have brainstormed and prototyped our top solution concepts, and we plan to perform mechanical, ex-vivo, and animal testing.