Scott D. Fiscus BCO, Board certified ocularist and clinical anaplastologist Scott Fiscus has been a practicing ocularist and anaplastologist for almost 15 years. He is one of the few professionals in his specialty to provide both ocular and facial prosthetics. With a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts, he applies his talents and experience to the…

I’m thrilled to announce that the new artificial eye clinic has just been officially opened in Timor by the President Jose′ Ramos-Horta. I remember back in February 2008 I was about to fly out to Timor-Leste to start this clinic when President Jose′ Ramos-Horta was shot in an assassination attempt. It was a devastating time and thankfully…

Sometimes it’s easy to think that the emotional impact of eye loss is mostly to do with the person who has lost their eye. In the case of children, it’s the parents who have to deal with the big adjustments and emotions. I think there can also be an assumption that if an adult loses…

We get a lot of questions about bionic eye technology and where the research is up to. The short answer is that it is still very early days. There are at least fourteen separate visual prosthesis projects operating around the world.  Most are in their early stages of development. Here is an overview of what…

We’ve recently come across an interesting website that sells custom made jewellery for people with vision impairment. The website showcases the work of artist and jewellery designer, Kelly Fehr. Kelly made her first piece of braille jewellery for her niece Emily who is blind. Kelly then realised there were probably a lot more people out…

We often hear people say, “The surgeon told me that he couldn’t save my eye.  I can’t remember anything he said after that.” It’s such a shame that at the very moment people need comforting information they’re often too emotional to take it in. This was the reason we decided to produce a book. Our…

Science is slowly catching up with science fiction. Doctors can transplant the heart, lung, liver, kidneys and more recently hand transplants. Parts of the eye such as corneal transplants are also available. The holy grail would be an eye transplant or the ability to regrow an eye with the help of stem cells. While there…

“Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world’s first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better…stronger…faster.” In the 1970’s television show “The six million dollar man, Major Steve Austin is severely injured and is “rebuilt”. His right arm, both legs…