Last winter, an Englishwoman Samantha Fawcett spent almost all his free time at the window, looking at the landscape opening. Nothing worthy of attention outside the window of her house in Leicester is not observed, since in this former mining town attractions and natural beauty is not there. But she was happy that once again can see. For the first time since the age of four.
Almost all her life, Samantha suffered from a severe form myopia (nearsightedness), because of which was forced to wear glasses with the heavy lenses. Her vision was -13, so without the glasses she could not see anything more than a few centimeters from his face. But even with glasses myopia is still not allowed to examine in detail the subject at a certain distance.
because of myopia her eyes were constantly on their toes, which increased the risk of retinal detachment after which would be followed by blindness. In addition, Samantha was and congenital cataract - An inherited disorder that causes clouding of the eye. When you look in the book, she could see only the line that read, but not above or below.
Status of women has steadily worsened until the doctors did not use the procedure developed by Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Grubbs. This so-called lens Dimmable LAL. They have the unique ability to customize. The lenses are installed behind the pupil and helps focus the rays of light to the retina. When light reaches the retina cells, the signal is transmitted via the optic nerve to the brain, where it is processed.
Lenses made mostly of water and protein. With age, many people have some of the protein in the eyes begins what is called the "stick together", blurring the lens that causes Cataract . Treat her surgically removing the damaged lens and changing it to the artificial. However, it is not possible to adjust after installation and lens LAL have this capability.
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