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KAIST Unveils First Wireless OLED Contact Lens for On-Eye Retinal Testing

It integrates a 12.5-micrometer OLED with wireless power transfer via a sleep-mask controller to perform electroretinography at low luminance without a darkroom.

Overview

  • The lens prototype combines a flexible 12.5-μm OLED with an embedded antenna and control chip powered by a 433 MHz resonant transfer system.
  • Laboratory and rabbit-animal experiments at 126 nits luminance yielded electroretinography signals equivalent to those from standard Ganzfeld devices.
  • Animal studies confirmed that the corneal surface temperature stayed below 27 °C and that light output remained stable in humid environments.
  • The peer-reviewed results were published in ACS Nano on May 1 and the device remains in preclinical development pending human trials and regulatory approval.
  • Researchers foresee applications spanning myopia treatment, ocular biosensing, augmented-reality displays and light-based neurostimulation platforms.