How to treat involuntary eye movement with magnets

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Magnets implanted behind the eye of a patient have been used to treat involuntary eye movements known as nystagmus, according to new research from the University College London (UCL) and the University of Oxford.

The research team implanted a set of magnets in the eye socket beneath each eye in a patient who has nystagmus. It was one of the first successful uses of oculomotor prosthesis.

“Our study opens a new field of using magnetic implants to optimize the movement of body parts,” said Parashkev Nachev, a member of the UCL Institute of Neurology and the study’s lead author, in a press release.

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