Researchers from Sechenov University have created an artificial cornea to restore vision, TASS reports, citing the university’s press service.
The basis of the implant material was a new generation collagen matrix developed in 2022 for reconstructive measures in dentistry. Thickness and swelling can be adjusted depending on the disease in a biocompatible and bioresorbable cornea (replaced with the patient’s tissue after healing) produced by electrophoretic deposition. To date, researchers have developed a prototype with a high degree of transparency of up to 90%.
Pilot operations using the new technology will be carried out in the coming months. The first patients will be laboratory rabbits. The aim of the researchers was to test the biocompatibility of the artificial cornea and to evaluate the postoperative transplant results. After testing and preclinical studies on other animals, humans will also begin to wear a new implant.
Source: Ferra
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