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UW students create eyedropper to help glaucoma patients | GeekWire

A team of UW students created Nanodropper, an FDA-approved adapter for eyedroppers that can make the liquid drops smaller and easier for the eye to absorb. It won the grand prize at the University of Washington Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge earlier this week.

SEATTLE — What if something as simple as a more precise eyedropper could cut the cost of glaucoma medication by more than half?

That’s the idea behind the startup Nanodropper, which won the $15,000 grand prize at the University of Washington Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge on Wednesday night. The team also won a $2,500 medical device consulting award.

Nanodropper created an FDA-approved adapter for eyedrop bottles that aims to reduce waste in the delivery of medication, especially for patients with glaucoma, which causes blindness.

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