Myopia correcting ‘smart glasses’ from Japan to be sold in Asia

TOKYO — Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings plans to release a wearable device for the treatment of nearsightedness, starting in Asia, where many people have myopia.

The device, which the company calls Kubota Glasses or smart glasses, is still being tested. It projects an image from the lens of the unit onto the wearer’s retina to correct the refractive error that causes nearsightedness. Wearing the device 60 to 90 minutes a day corrects myopia according to the Japanese company.

Kubota Pharmaceutical has not disclosed additional details on how the device works. Through further clinical trials, it is trying to determine how long the effect lasts after the user wears the device, and how many days in total the user must wear the device to achieve a permanent correction for nearsightedness.

Myopia is often results from the cornea and the retina in the eye being too far apart. This inhibits the…