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  2. Argus retinal prosthesis - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Retinal prosthesis helps man see wife again after a decade - AOL

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    The Argus II is the retinal prosthesis the clinic used, and it allows some people who have lost their sight to. Allen Zderad saw his wife's face for the first time in a decade, thanks to a retinal ...

  4. Retinal implant - Wikipedia

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    A retinal implant is a visual prosthesis for restoration of sight to patients blinded by retinal degeneration. The system is meant to partially restore useful vision to those who have lost their photoreceptors due to retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) or age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

  5. Mark S. Humayun - Wikipedia

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    Humayun co-invented the Argus II retinal prosthesis, [23] a retinal implant designed to help patients with genetic retinitis pigmentosa. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] More than 30 clinical trial participants in Argus II trial launched in 2007 at sites in the U.S. and Europe.

  6. Retinitis pigmentosa - Wikipedia

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    The Argus retinal prosthesis became the first approved treatment for the disease in February 2011, and is currently available in Germany, France, Italy, and the UK. [39] Interim results on 30 patients long term trials were published in 2012. [40] The Argus II retinal implant has also received market approval in the US. [41]

  7. Visual prosthesis - Wikipedia

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    The ability to give sight to a blind person via a bionic eye depends on the circumstances surrounding the loss of sight. For retinal prostheses, which are the most prevalent visual prosthetic under development (due to ease of access to the retina among other considerations), patients with vision loss due to degeneration of photoreceptors (retinitis pigmentosa, choroideremia, geographic atrophy ...

  8. Retinal regeneration - Wikipedia

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    In February 2013, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System , [11] making it the first FDA-approved implant to treat retinal degeneration. The device may help adults with RP who have lost the ability to perceive shapes and movement to be more mobile and to perform day-to-day activities.

  9. Wolfgang Fink - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, Fink is Caltech's founding Co-Investigator of the NSF-funded Center for Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems (2003–2010), awarded in 2003 to University of Southern California, Caltech, and UC Santa Cruz. The center enacted the only FDA-approved visual prosthesis to date (Argus retinal prosthesis or ARGUS II). [15]