News tagged with eye implants


Engineer invents bionic eye to help the blind

(Medical Xpress)—For UCLA bioengineering professor Wentai Liu, more than two decades of visionary research burst into the headlines last month when the FDA approved what it called "the first bionic eye for the blind." ...

Ophthalmology created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Implantable telescope lens to treat macular degeneration

(Medical Xpress)—Retired entrepreneur Willis "James" Hindman, 77, always enjoyed raising and watching thoroughbred race horses run on his farm in Westminster, Md. "There is nothing more beautiful than seeing ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA recommends approval for Second Sight's Argus II retinal prosthesis system in the US

On Friday September 28, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Panel unanimously voted 19-0 that the probable benefit of the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System outweighs the risks to health, ...

Ophthalmology created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eye implants make vision-restoring progress

(Medical Xpress) -- "I was blind once but now I can see.” The words are no longer the sole property of religious testimony and literature. Medical progress is being made in the restoration of vision as ...

Ophthalmology created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Microchip success for bionic eye

(Medical Xpress) -- Research to restore sight to the clinically blind has reached a critical stage, with testing underway of the prototype microchips that will power the bionic eye.

Ophthalmology created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Medical and surgical treatments equally effective for common inflammatory condition of the eye, study finds

Patients with uveitis, the fifth leading cause of vision loss in the United States, treated with either systemic anti-inflammatory medicine or with a time-release implant surgically placed inside the eye experienced a similar ...

Inflammatory disorders created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast