New Technology to Treat Battle Damaged Eyes


New research from America shows that light activated technology may be key to treating the eyes of servicemen injured in battle. Researchers at the Air Force Office of Scientific. Research explain that using photochemical tissue bonding can successfully repair wounds by reconnecting tissue, cells, blood vessels and more that would otherwise need to be treated with stitches, staples or glue. Researchers have used the procedure to successfully treat a number of eye injuries.

Researchers treated eye injuries by applying a dye to damaged eye tissue. Researchers then administered a brief dose of green light to the affected tissue. They found that the dye reacted with the light to bond protein molecules in the eye that immediately form a watertight barrier that reduces inflammation.

Researchers claim that photochemical tissue bonding can be used to treat a variety of common battlefield eye injuries. The researchers explain that the procedure can reconnect servered nerves, blood vessels and tendons in the eye and can close incisions or cuts that occur across the eye's surface with minimal scarring. The reduced risk of scarring enables injured servicemen to retain a higher quality of vision than they would enjoy if treated using traditional suturing methods.

Researchers claim that the new treatment would particularly suit injured staff in the air forces who often heavily rely on their acute sense of vision. However, it is hoped that similar technology may be adapted to better improve the treatment of eye injuries for civilians across the world.

5th May 2010

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