The entry below details an eyeful for those able to see. For those who are losing their vision to macular degeneration, however, the Mars/Earth duet will be lost to a disease that destroys the macula, a small area at the centre of the retina. Without it, there is no detailed central vision . Macular degeneration is a disease listed in medical journals as one with no cure. If VisionCare Opthalmic Technologies receives the federal approval they are seeking, it will not remain a disease without hope for very long.
The device they are ready to bring to the market is the Implantable Miniature Telescope, a pea-sized telephoto lens to be implanted in one eye of the patient with moderate to profound vision loss due to dysfunction of the macula. Central vision provided by the implant would combine with the peripheral vision provided by the other eye, and a full single image would again be available to those who thought never to see such a sight again.