据加拿大广播公司新闻台报道，这位发明人名叫加斯•韦伯，是不列颠哥伦比亚省的验光师，他耗费8年时间，斥资300多万美元，研发出了这种名为Ocumetics Bionic Lens的仿生学镜片。它可以通过一个8分钟的外科小手术植入眼内，代替人眼内的天然晶状体。

    Garth Webb, an optometrist in British Columbia, has spent eight years and more than $3 million in funding to develop the Ocumetics Bionic Lens, CBC News reports. The bionic lens, which was designed to replace the eye’s natural lens, is surgically implanted in the eye in an eight-minute procedure.

    韦伯接受加拿大广播公司新闻台采访时说道：“如果你只能勉强看清10英尺外的时钟，使用这种镜片，在30英尺外你也能看清。”

    韦伯表示，动物与失明患者临床试验正在进行当中，并预计该产品可以在两年内投入市场。（财富中文网）

    译者：严匡正

    “If you can just barely see the clock at 10 feet, when you get the Bionic Lens you can see the clock at 30 feet away,” Webb told CBC News.

    Webb said arrangements for clinical trials on animals and blind patients were already underway. He expects the product to become commercially available within two years.