The Rapida Dark Adaptometer
08 Apr 2021 - Work
Dark Adaptation when the visual system has to adapt to a dark environment after being in the light.
I am a founder and director of a medical device company spun out from the University ofManchester.
The Rapida dark adaptometer
We are building a device to help people with early macular disease. Age related macular disease (AMD) is the commonest cause of vision loss in people over 65 and is growing.
The disease takes, many forms;
- Wet
- profound vision loss
- monthly ocular injections
- Dry
- poor vision at night
- difficulty with glare
- geographic atrophy
- drusen
- treatment being actively researched
Although currently there is no treatment for dry AMD, many pharmaceutical companies are invetsigating possible therapies.
