Bionic Lens Can Make You Sight Three Times Better Than 20/20

Ocumetics Technology has developed a new type of bionic lens that could very well mean the end of contact lenses or eyeglasses.

The bionic lens designed by optometrist Garth Webb will allow users to have vision that is upto three times better than 20/20. The lens can also be used to fix a number of eye related disorders like astigmatism, cataracts and near and far sightedness.

Implanting the bionic lens would require a minor 8 minute surgery where lens would be inserted into the eye. The surgery is painless and does not require any anaesthesia. In many ways, this is similar to undergoing a cataract surgery where the lens inside the eye is removed to have it replaced with an artificial lens.

The lens is also considered to be safe for wear since it has been prepared from materials that will not cause any biophysical changes in the eye. According to Webb, the lenses will last for 100 years and its price along with the surgery expenses would be around $1000.

The lens will not only make images sharper but is also designed to protect the wearer's eye from natural decay. People who use these lens do not have to worry about cataracts in the future since the human lens, which is prone to decay is actually replaced here with the artificial lens.

However the bionic lens would be available only from 2017 and would be applicable only for people who are 25 years or older. People who are younger cannot be approved for the procedure since their eye structures are still not fully formed.

The company in a statement said, "Ocumetics Technology Corporation is pleased to announce the development of one of the world's most advanced intraocular lenses, one that is capable of restoring quality vision at all distances, without glasses, contact lenses or corneal refractive procedures, and without the vision problems that have plagued current accommodative and multifocal intraocular lens designs,"