Spain created the first lenses in the world that prevent … – RTVE

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Researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid have created the first contact lenses that protect the world from harm of violet and blue light in the retina and protect its degeneration.

The lenses, which research has been almost thirteen years the team led by Professor Celia Sánchez-Ramos, were presented in Madrid and are the first to have a certificate of retinal safety.

We are exposed to light for 5500 hours per year

Dr. Sanchez-Ramos explained that the amount of light reaching the eye is increased because to natural light and artificial lighting is added the light emitted by devices such as mobile phones, tablets and computers

“The light around us is much or very much,. of Indeed, we are exposed for 5500 hours a year, “he underlined.

Additional Protection Systems

Although the human visual system has physiological methods of protection , according to the professor of the UCM “ No we have given time , since the technology has been much faster than the capacity of the human system to adapt”

The Professor Sanchez-Ramos noted that this research is given “one more step for reduce the amount of a band of light ” as not all are equally energetic. Indeed, bands of blue and violet are ten times more energy and have acted on them.

Features lenses

by the characteristic principal of the lenses that is compensate an optical defect -miopía, astigmatism or hipermetropía- has been added by a protective function similar to a filter element acts as a barrier to light harms not reach the back of the eye .

The lenses can prevent macular degeneration

“transform a light may be better or worse quality in a much better quality light, just putting the lenses, “said Sanchez-Ramos, who underlined that the retina does not regenerate.

Servilens technical director, company that sells contact lenses, has stated that, in addition to protection, these contact lenses can prevent macular degeneration

The lenses are available in more than 40,000 different types of lenses. defects in editing and those without graduation.