Entrepreneurial docs win accolades

By day, Alexander Eaton and Hussein Wafapoor see dozens of patients at their ophthalmology practice, Retina Health Center in Fort Myers.

But at night, their office building turns into a hive of entrepreneurial activity, when the doctors create new and better ways to treat patients. Their inventions have helped propel their reputation as industry leaders.

For example, the doctors created a device that helps patients monitor how well they use eye drops. Using a tiny camera that snaps onto an eye drop bottle, the doctors can record how well patients target their eyes (most people perform this task poorly). The recording device is the size of a cigarette pack that connects to the camera.