The FDA has granted full approval for the first human clinical feasibility study of the Orion cortical visual prosthesis system, according to a press release from Second Sight Medical Products.
The Orion device converts images captured by a miniature video camera mounted on a patient’s glasses into a series of small electrical pulses, transmitting those pulses to an array of electrodes implanted on the surface of the visual cortex, the release said. This is intended to result in the perception of light patterns.
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