Posts Tagged ‘ artificial retina ’
Bio-Retina, An Artificial Minimally Invasive Retinal Prosthesis
CSEM (Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique) has joined Israel's Rainbow Medical and Zyvex Labs in their Nano Retina joint venture to develope a retinal prosthesis. The tiny Bio-Retina would be implanted in a minimally invasive procedure and the development team believes that return of sight would be immediate, save for a week of tradi (Read more...)
Improved Options For Prosthetics And Treatments After Injury Offered By Brain-Machine Interfaces
Two experimental brain-machine technologies - deep brain stimulation coupled with physical therapy and a thought-controlled computer system - may offer new therapies for people with stroke and brain injuries, new human research shows. In addition, an animal study shows a new artificial retina may restore vision better than existing prosthetics...
Artificial retina more capable of restoring normal vision; animal study shows including retina’s neural ‘code’ improved prosthetic
Researchers have developed an artificial retina that has the capacity to reproduce normal vision in mice. While other prosthetic strategies mainly increase the number of electrodes in an eye to capture more information, this study concentrated on incorporating the eye's neural "code" that converts pictures into signals the brain can understand.
Retinal Implant Brings Vision to Blind
Last week, Retina Implant, AG, a German developer of subretinal implants for the visually impaired, announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study the technical and clinical results obtained during their first human clinical trial. In the trial, a light-sensitive, externally powered microchip was surgically implanted subretinally near the macular region of volunteers blind from hereditary retinal dystrophy.
Retinal Implant Successful in Bringing Vision to Blind
Retina Implant AG out of Reutlingen, Germany is reporting the publication of a clinical study evaluating the company's subretinal electronic chips in totally blind volunteers. The device contains 1500 active microphotodiodes, each with "its own amplifier and local stimulation electrode." These then control the generation of electrical impulses goi (Read more...)
Implanted Retinal Chip Allows Blind People To See
A subretinal implant inserted under the retina of three blind people has allowed them to see shapes and objects within days of the procedure, German scientists report in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B...
Retina Implant’s microchip restores useful vision in patients blind due to retinitis pigmentosa
Retina Implant AG, a leading developer of subretinal implants for the visually impaired, today announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B discussing the technical and clinical results obtained during their first human clinical trial.
Retinal Implant ‘Enables Blind People To See’
Researchers in Germany have developed a retinal implant that has allowed three blind people to see shapes and objects within days of the implant being installed...
New retinal implant enables blind people to see shapes and objects
Researchers in Germany have developed a retinal implant that has allowed three blind people to see shapes and objects within days of the implant being installed. One blind person was even able to identify and find objects placed on a table in front of him, as well as walking around a room independently and approaching people, reading a clock face and differentiating seven shades of gray. The device represents an unprecedented advance in electronic visual prostheses and could eventually revolutionize the lives of up 200,000 people worldwide who suffer from blindness as a result of retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease.
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