Acuity Medical

Macular degeneration device improves vision in 26% of treated eyes in trial

Published in Law and Health Weekly, November 12th, 2005

Acuity Medical has successfully completed a proof of concept U.S. Food and Drug Administration-compliant trial of its TheraMac device for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

AMD is the leading cause of legal blindness effecting more than 50 million people worldwide. The trial showed that in 2 weeks 26% of the eyes treated had improved vision by 10 letters or more, the equivalent of two lines on the eye chart. There were zero serious adverse events.

TheraMac produces minute amounts of electrical biocurrent that is delivered to the retina through a probe touching the skin around the eye. The biocurrent facilitates increases in...

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