News tagged with retina implant


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

Retinal implants with wireless microchip restore functional vision in retinitis pigmentosa patients, research finds

(Medical Xpress)—Retina Implant AG, the leading developer of subretinal implants for patients blinded by retinitis pigmentosa (RP), announced results from part of its multicentre study were published today in the peer-reviewed ...

Ophthalmology created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Artificial retina receives FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted market approval to an artificial retina technology today, the first bionic eye to be approved for patients in the United States. The prosthetic technology ...

Ophthalmology created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blind patient reads words stimulated directly onto the retina

For the very first time researchers have streamed braille patterns directly into a blind patient's retina, allowing him to read four-letter words accurately and quickly with an ocular neuroprosthetic device. ...

Neuroscience created Nov 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

First blind patients in the UK has retina implant

Retina Implant AG, the developer of subretinal implants for patients blinded by retinitis pigmentosa (RP), announced that the first UK patients participating in the Company's multi-centre trial have been successfully implanted. ...

Medical research created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Diamond implants are forever

Artificial retina implants for treating neurodegenerative diseases and blindness were developed by the EU-funded 'Diamond to retina artificial micro-interface structures' (Dreams) project.

Medical research created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

Researchers invent new drug delivery device to treat diabetes-related vision loss

A team of engineers and scientists at the University of British Columbia has developed a device that can be implanted behind the eye for controlled and on-demand release of drugs to treat retinal damage caused ...

Medical research created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast