Robot injects drugs into back of eyeball more accurately than surgeons

A robotic arm that may precisely inject medication straight into tiny veins behind the eyeballs might assist deal with a illness that causes degenerative blindness.

Retinal vein occlusion happens when blood clots block veins within the retina. It impacts greater than 16 million folks worldwide and may finally result in blindness. An experiment therapy known as retinal vein cannulation (RVC) includes injecting medication to dissolve these blockages, however it’s a tough process as a result of the veins are simply 60 to 120 micrometres in …