Corneal inlay
id:
corneal-inlay-196-17174282
title:
Corneal inlay
text:
A corneal inlay is a device which is surgically implanted in the cornea of the eye as a treatment for presbyopia. Successful installation results in reducing dependence on reading glasses, so that the user can more easily engage in everyday tasks such as using a mobile phone, reading store shelf prices and working on a computer. Corneal inlays are small, thin, and permeable. Typically one is implanted in the non-dominant eye. Jose Barraquer created the first corneal inlay prototype in 1949 in Ba
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Device implanted in eye to adjust refactive strength
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneal_inlay
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-23T23:00:43Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q18387757","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18387757"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
14