Hear about the woman with the tooth moved to her EYE?

[gastrof]

Did anyone see the story about the woman who had a tooth implanted in her eye to support a new lense that restored her sight after about ten years of being blind?

The doctor said the tooth was a perfect thing to use as the base for the lense, since the environment of the eye and of the mouth are so similar. (????)

It worked. They said she can see well enough to READ now.

Thing is, on one channel I saw this on, they showed one little tiny bit no other channel has shown...

There's apparently this THING, apparently part of the lense itself, that STICKS OUT OF HER EYE LIKE A LITTLE ROD.

All I can think of is the eyes on the mad scientist you see on the opening of ROBOT CHICKEN.

Yes...there's a little clear SHAFT sticking out of where her pupil should be.

Do you think she'll be wearing dark sunglasses permanently...for other people's sakes?

She said she's looking forward to seeing seven grandchildren she's never seen before.

I suspect she just wants to assimilate them.

 

[gastrof]

This is what I remember seeing-

 

[Kestra]

Do you think she'll be wearing dark sunglasses permanently...for other people's sakes?

I hope not.

 

[WillsBabe]

I heard about this new technique a couple of years back on some science-discovery programme. I think a Russian man might have been the first person to have the new technique.

 

[Rii]

So that's what eye teeth are for.

 

[Misfit Toy]

So that's what eye teeth are for.

The tooth they used was one of her eye teeth. The story I heard on NPR was that this was a process developed in Italy, and it specifically works with people who have severe corneal damage. There's hope that this may be used for corneal-scarred war veterans.