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The Argus II system costs about US$150,000, excluding the cost of the implantation surgery and training to learn to use the device. Second Sight had its IPO in 2014 and was listed on Nasdaq. [1] Production and development of the prosthesis was discontinued in 2020, [2] but taken over by the company Cortigent in 2023. [3]
The Argus II retinal implant, manufactured by Second Sight Medical Products received market approval in the US in Feb 2013 and in Europe in Feb 2011, becoming the first approved implant. [6] 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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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]
Argus II, co-developed at the University of Southern California (USC) Eye Institute [6] and manufactured by Second Sight Medical Products Inc., was the first device to have received marketing approval (CE Mark in Europe in 2011). Most other efforts remain investigational; the Retina Implant AG's Alpha IMS won a CE Mark July 2013 and is a ...
Photovoltaic retinal prosthesis is a technology for restoration of sight to patients blinded by degenerative retinal diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), when patients lose the 'image capturing' photoreceptors, but neurons in the 'image-processing' inner retinal layers are relatively well-preserved. [1]