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Watertown, Massachusetts – October 29, 2007:
The
National Eye Institute
has selected
Boston Micromachines
and
Indiana University
to develop a high resolution retinal imaging system for the aging eye.
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Boston Micromachines Corporation (BMC),
a leading provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror (DM)
products for adaptive optics (AO) systems,
today announced that it has been
awarded a $750,000
Phase II
Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR)
from the
National Eye Institute (NEI)
of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
This grant will enable BMC and its research partner the School of Optometry at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana to develop an instrument that will enable high resolution retinal imaging of 95% of the population, providing significant advancement in the research and diagnose of eye diseases in the elderly. The system being developed collaboratively by BMC and the School of Optometry at Indiana University will include a MEMS deformable mirror and an Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (AOSLO) instrument. This new instrument will be capable of providing sufficient wavefront corrections of the eye to image 95% of the population. |
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Vision loss among the elderly is a major health care problem.
Older eyes are more susceptible to common age-related diseases,
such as macular degeneration and glaucoma.
In addition, health problems make the elderly
even more at risk for eye disease, such as the case of diabetics who
develop diabetic retinopathy.
Tissue-induced wavefront aberration cause
image distortions which make it difficult
to obtain a clear view of the human retina.
Because of the large aberrations in aging eyes, the
difficulty is compounded,
making the diagnosis and treatment
of eye disease in the elderly quite complex.
"As the first instrument to provide the combination of high resolution and high amplitude wavefront correction using a single deformable mirror, this new system will have tremendous implications for our elderly population, whose aging eyes have more aberrations and suffer from debilitating eye diseases," said Paul Bierden president of Boston Micromachines. "We are pleased to have been selected by NEI for this distinguished grant and to continue our work with the extremely talented researchers at the School of Optometry at Indiana University." About Boston Micromachines Corporation:
Founded in 1999,
Boston Micromachines Corporation (BMC)
is the leading provider of advanced MEMS-based
mirror products for use in commercial AO
systems, applying wavefront correction to produce high resolution images of
the human retina and enhance images blurred by the Earth's atmosphere.
The company's suite of award-winning compact DM products are the most
economical high-performance mirrors in the market today.
They are widely used in vision science applications
such as advanced optic retinal imaging,
long range laser communications and astronomy,
including NASA's search for planets in other solar systems.
Customers include leading manufacturers of
optical imaging and communication systems, governmental agencies and
contractors and vision science research laboratories worldwide,
such as
NASA, UCal Berkeley, Lockheed Martin and Boston University.
Located in Cambridge, Mass.,
BMC
is privately held and also offers custom design-manufacturing services.
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