Implantable Telescope Technology

Implantable Miniature Telescope along with the cornea, enlarges images in front of the eye approximately 2.2 or 2.7 times their normal size (depending on the model used). The magnification allows central images to be projected onto healthy perimacular areas of the retina instead of the macula alone, where breakdown of photoreceptors and loss of vision has occurred. This helps reduce the ‘blind spot’ and allows the patient to distinguish and discern images that may have been unrecognizable or difficult to see.

The telescope is about the size of a pea (3.6 mm diameter; 4.4 mm length) and is surgically placed inside the eye.