Vital Art and Science Incorporated, based in Richardson, is an early stage medical startup company that hopes to provide home-based devices to monitor disease progression for those afflicted with degenerative eye diseases.
Such diseases include diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma. In the past decade, effective therapies have been developed for many degenerative eye diseases, but according to VAS executives, timely treatment is critical.
The VAS eyeShape device is a personal gadget that patients can use to monitor their own condition. According to VAS, initial prototype devices have been developed and are ready for initial human trials to determine.
