New CLs Administering Drops

On February 14 from 1 to 5 p.m., Children's Hospital Boston, will hosts its first "Innovation Day." In a series of 17 short sessions, cutting-edge approaches to improving care delivery and quality while lowering costs will be presented by the innovative leaders at Children's Hospital Boston. One of the sessions is about contact lenses. Eye drops often provide quick relief to patients suffering from minor eye problems such as redness, itching and dryness, but much of the dose isn't absorbed. Doctors have found that drops do not work very well for more serious chronic conditions such as glaucoma. Prototype multilayer lenses, developed by Dan Kohane, MD, PhD, are a form of a contact lens that sandwiches medicine between two layers of polymer film and administers large doses of medication at constant rates over extended period. Read more.