| Dr. Randolph Kinkade (800) 756-0766 www.LowVisionEyeglasses.com Cheshire - Danbury - Farmington - Litchfield - Manchester - Norwalk - Waterford  |
| Implanted Miniature Telescope. |
For patients who have been told there is
no medical treatment for their advanced macular degeneration, there is new hope emerging
for improving their quality of life. Dr.
Randolph Kinkade, an optometrist and founding member of the International Academy of Low Vision Specialists, is part of the first provider team
in Connecticut offering the recent FDA approved Implantable Miniature Telescope (IMT). The IMT is a
micro-telescope placed into the eye.
Dr. Kinkade is part of the team offering diagnostic tests, surgery and rehabilitation services for the implanted telescope. He has been prescribing Spectacle Miniature
Telescopes (SMTs), for over thirty years. Prescription telescopes reduce the impact of a
central blind spot created by diseases like macular degeneration.
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| Dr. Randolph Kinkade with patient wearing a Bioptic Spectacle Miniature Telescope (SMT) for macular degeneration. |
This is the first time technology has
been available to place an even smaller telescope in the eye. Implantation allows for a wider-angle view
and natural eye movements than when mounted in an eyeglass frame.
Macular degeneration is the leading
cause of irreversible vision loss in older Americans. People experience various degrees of central
detail vision loss ranging from mild to the level of legal blindness.
The telescopic system uses the optics of
the cornea’s curvature (the clear widow in front of the iris) and a
micro-telescope smaller than the size of a pea.
The telescope offers wide-angle optics based on a Galilean telescope
design. The telescope is implanted in
only one eye.
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| IMT: Implantable Minature Telescope |
The implanted telescope allows images to
be magnified 2.2 or 3.0 times their normal size.
By doing so, visual images are placed on healthier parts of the retina
where vision can be improved.
The telescope is implanted by a
specially trained ophthalmic surgeon as an outpatient procedure. Rehabilitation and training are required
after surgery.
There are two forms of age-related macular degeneration -- wet and dry. To be considered for telescope implantation, patients have either stopped responding to
injection treatments in the wet form or they must have the dry
form for which there is no medical treatment. There are additional criteria that need to be met before the IMT can be placed in the eye.
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| Dr. Kinkade with patient wearing a Reading Spectacle Miniature Telescope (SMT) for Macular Degeneration. |
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| Patient wearing a Bioptic Spectacle Miniature Telescope (SMT) for macular degeneration. |
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