A £2.2 million (about $3 million) boost for a robot that will treat veins thinner than a hair

Some of the most promising new eye treatments cannot yet be given: they need to be delivered into retinal veins thinner than a human hair, steadier than any hand can manage. A collaboration between King's College London, Moorfields Eye Hospital and the University of Kent is building a flexible surgical robot that can approach the retina from angles impossible by hand — and it has just received a £2.2 million (about $3 million) grant from the National Institute for Health and Care Research to test the robot's safety and performance in patients, and to prepare it for regulatory approval. 'This project will be the culmination of almost a decade of work,' said Professor Christos Bergeles of King's — a decade aimed at people with diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion, conditions that steal sight.

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