The Kasturba Gandhi Nursing College, a constituent college of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, a deemed to be university, has launched a medical device for treating the dry eye syndrome, an ophthalmic condition that can cause redness, irritation, fatigue or even blurred vision.
The “duo sense optic care wear” developed at the SBV is touted to be unique as it allows both hot and cold application to soothe the eyes.
SBV-MIPTECH (Mission for Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer) has inked a technology transfer memorandum of understanding with Medizones, a health care company.
Subhash Chandra Parija, Vice-Chancellor of SBV, said the wearable device, much like spectacles, contained layers of fluid which would offset many problems associated with dry eyes. The institution would continue to push for innovation in the field of health care, he added. Dry eye syndrome has been identified as a most common problem in India with a prevalence of 32% which is higher than the global prevalence.
Prof. Parija complimented the developers of the device Manopriya V, assistant professor, and Renuka K, KGNC principal.
A.R. Srinivasan, registrar of SBV; Adithan C, dean research; N Ananthakrishnan, dean of faculty; M. Ravishankar, dean, and Nirmal Coumare V, medical superintendent of MGMCRI, were present at the MoU signing ceremony.
