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Argus retinal prosthesis, also known as a bionic eye, is an electronic retinal implant manufactured by the American company Second Sight Medical Products. It is used as a visual prosthesis to improve the vision of people with severe cases of retinitis pigmentosa .
A visual prosthesis, often referred to as a bionic eye, is an experimental visual device intended to restore functional vision in those with partial or total blindness. Many devices have been developed, usually modeled on the cochlear implant or bionic ear devices, a type of neural prosthesis in use since the mid-1980s.
The ARGUS II device received marketing approval in February 2011 (CE Mark demonstrating safety and performance), and it is available in Germany, France, Italy, and UK. Interim results on 30 patients long term trials were published in Ophthalmology in 2012. [16] Argus II received approval from the US FDA on April 14, 2013 FDA Approval [dead link
After living in darkness for most of his life, a North Carolina man can now see thanks to a bionic eye. 66-year-old Larry Hester lost his vision in his thirties after being diagnosed with ...
An optometrist in British Columbia claims to have invented an easily implantable device that provides its wearer with vision "three times better than 20/20" for life. Dubbed the Ocumetics Bionic ...
The latest case is this 80-year-old man from the UK that received a bionic eye implant, which partially restored his. Bionic body parts used to belong to science fiction, but we are making ...
An ocular prosthesis, artificial eye or glass eye is a type of craniofacial prosthesis that replaces an absent natural eye following an enucleation, evisceration, or orbital exenteration. Someone with an ocular prosthesis is altogether blind on the affected side and has monocular (one sided) vision .
A mother in Colorado was recently given the gift of sight with the help of new technology that allowed her to see her son for the first time in years.