The health officials in America have given their nod to a small telescope implanted within the eye. This telescope will benefit the older people to see clearly and will resolve the problem of blindness, which is a leading problem in the United States.

The telescope known as Implantable Miniature Telescope will provide help to people who are in the advanced stages of age-related macular degeneration, which cannot be cured.

In this disease, there is a loss of central vision that causes a problem in watching TV, reading and ultimately in identifying faces.

The technique involves a surgical implantation of the telescope within the eye in order to improve the central vision. The other eye is left alone to give peripheral vision.

These two visions are combined by the brain into a single image. The Food and Drug Administration cautioned the people on Tuesday that after the surgery the patients will require rehabilitation so that the instrument works properly.

Dr. Malvina Eydelman, Chief of FDA's ophthalmic devices, revealed that not much is done for the patients who are in the later stages of this disease.

He further adds that this telescope is less than the size of a pea and will considerably improve the quality of life of an individual.