iris/atrophy

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention This invention relates broadly to a structure for insertion in the anterior mammalian eye for treatment related to natural, predictable aging changes. More particularly the invention relates to a surgically implanted device for the human eye. The

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Technical Field This invention relates generally to instruments for measuring characteristics of the human eye, and, more specifically, to hand-held devices for measuring the peripheral field of vision of an eye or any limitations to the central field of vision. The

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 6,197,057 to Peyman et al. entitled "LENS CONVERSION SYSTEM FOR TELEDIOPTIC OR DIFFRACTIVE CONFIGURATIONS", and copending U.S. application Ser. No. 10/356,730 entitled "SUBEPITHILIAL IMPLANT AND METHOD OF TREATMENT

RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of priority of ES Application No. P200602217, filed Aug. 16, 2006 and of ES Application No. P200701855, filed Jul. 2, 2007. The foregoing applications, and all documents cited therein, are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This is a 371 National Stage Entry of International Application No. PCT/AT2007/000393, filed Aug. 16, 2007, which claims priority of Austrian Patent Application No. A 1376/2006, filed Aug. 16, 2006, the contents of which are incorporated herein in their

FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to use of an artificial substance as a support membrane for transplant of retinal and iris pigment epithelial cells and stem cells that can transform into these cells. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Transplantation of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field This invention involves an instrument for precisely measuring visual function in the fovea centralis (macula) area of the retina, and in particular, pathologic incremental changes in foveal (macular) vision caused by age related macular degeneration. 2.