Argus II is a novel healthcare technology that restores vision in RP patients. Improvements in visual acuity are expected to lead to improvements in patient self-confidence, decreasing their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. José-Alain Sahel, M.D., holding the PRIMA implant. (CREDIT: UPMC) A small wireless chip and a pair of smart glasses are offering ...

A clinical trial led by Stanford University School of Medicine has demonstrated that a wireless retinal prosthesis can help restore vision lost to advanced macular degeneration. The results, published ...

For the first time, researchers have restored some vision to people with a common type of eye disease by using a prosthetic retinal implant. If approved for broader use in the future, the treatment ...

For decades, treatments for macular degeneration have focused on slowing, not restoring vision loss. A new retinal implant is flipping that script, turning patients with geographic atrophy into ...

The Argus II, a “bionic eye”, is intended to provide electrical stimulation of the retina to elicit visual perception in blind subjects with severe to profound retinitis pigmentosa, according to the ...

A new prosthesis for the retina weaved with nanowires partially restored vision in blind mice and allowed detection of near-infrared light in macaques, according to a new study. The new technology’s ...

The advent of bionic eye technology has revolutionized the way we perceive possibilities in medical science. With this technology, an astounding 95% of blind patients have regained some measure of ...

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A small wireless chip and a pair of smart glasses are offering new hope to people who thought they’d never read again. The groundbreaking device, called PRIMA, has partially restored vision in people ...