Contact Lens
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Drug Dispenser?
By applying electrically conductive, antibiotic nanosilver particles to contact lenses, researchers at the University of California, Davis, can continuously map the pressure inside a human eye while administering medication directly and painlessly into it. The technology, they hope, could lead to earlier diagnosis of diseases such as glaucoma as well as more effective treatments for a host of eye disorders.

 
 
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