Department of Ophthalmology, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Correspondence: Edward Chaum, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2311 Pierce Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232 (e-mail: [email protected]).
Supported in part by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the US Department of Energy, by an unrestricted Departmental grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, New York, NY, to the University of Tennessee, by the Plough Foundation, Memphis, TN, and by the Office of Science and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.
The author has a declared interest in the device presented in this manuscript. He is a coauthor on 2 patents related to the technology and has an equity interest in a startup company (Nanophthalmics) that has licensed the rights from the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to commercialize the technology.