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		</div><p>Your smartphone and a virtual reality-style headset could be the future of eye tests for glaucoma, according to a product development firm.</p>
<p>Research and development firm Cambridge Consultants has created a concept screening test for glaucoma that uses a smartphone and VR-style headset in order to scan a patient’s eyes and enable tests to take place without having to leave the house.</p>
<p>The current test carried out during hospital check-ups or an optician’s trip involves a series of flashing lights that appear around your field of vision. The headset Cambridge Consultants has created, the Viewi, carries out the same test for around £20.</p>
<p>The test appears on a smartphone, delivered by a dedicated app, with patients still pressing a button, but one that is connected to the headset and phone via Bluetooth.</p>
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<p>Simon Karger, head of surgical and interventional products at Cambridge Consultants, said: “Loss of vision as a result of open-angle glaucoma cannot be recovered – but early diagnosis and treatment can slow the progression of the disease.</p>
<p>“But although the current clinical tests work exceptionally well, the system for glaucoma management is overloaded.</p>
<p>We’ve used our optical expertise – coupled with our algorithm skills – to show how a simple, affordable, fast glaucoma screening test that patients can do at home is entirely feasible. </p>
<p>The Viewi system doesn’t aim to replace the current screening and management system – it’s been designed to augment the clinical tests.”</p>
<p>The research firm also said that test results are displayed on the patient’s phone in a simple format, as well as shared with their optician.</p>
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