Hi Leo_Yang, that’s an awesome concept you have there.
A month ago my father was blind due to (at least)* glaucoma, but, after sleeping with the coils stacked on top of each other on his left temple, he’s recovering (very slowly) vision from his left eye.
Every day he reports improvement.
So maybe you could try using the glasses for a greater amount of time.
Currently, my father is using the coils for close to 12 hours every night. No side effects after 30 days.
And the only reason he’s not using the ICES 24/7 is because my wife uses it during the day.
*Note: The reason I say “at least glaucoma” is because that, as he slowly regains vision he’s describing vision problems that resemble macular degeneration and/or cataracts. It seems that, as the ICES regenerated his optic nerve, this allowed us to see the problems in his macula and lens. However, since he keeps reporting improvement, my only guess is that he’s recovering from those problems as well.
He lost his vision several years ago, I believe 4 or 5. However, for a long time prior to that, he endured a slowly but steadily process of vision loss.
When his ophthalmologist wrote the papers to declare his legally blind status, he wrote that my father’s eyes were irreversible damaged. His optic nerve was almost non existent.
On a good day, he had a faint perception of light/darkness. On bad days he couldn’t even tell you if the lights on the room were on or off.
However, as he continues using the ICES, he’s recovering his eyesight.
At this moment in time, he can, for example, distinguish between a van and a regular car when these are parked in his right side. He can also perceive white, black and the colors red and blue. Interestingly enough, he has no perception of green whatsoever. It’s as if green was invisible to him.
He can tell you if the car is one of those 4 colors.
Note that he’s not functional yet. He has no central vision. The world around him is just a blurred mess of shapes along with a limited amount of colors – all being picked up by his peripheral vision.
However, if my father was 99% blind and had been 99% blind for years and is recovering his vision every single day, it stands to reason that if he had used these devices before going blind, he would have never had gone blind. (Sorry for the awful grammar on this last sentence!)
I mean, if you can reverse a disease at such later stage you could certainly stop it at a earlier stage.
What more can I say?
Everyone with eye issues should have and regularly use one of these devices.
Seeing my father struggles reminds me every day of how precious our vision is.
Even if the M1 was priced at $10000 it would still be a bargain.
However, at its price point, the M1 costs basically the same as a good pair of glasses.
I mean, probably for the first time in human history there’s a scientifically validated therapy that can actually reverse eye problems.
There should be a team of people going door-to-door, telling everyone about this.
Such a therapy could be life-changing for millions.
