A retinal implant is a visual prosthesis for restoration of sight to patients blinded by retinal degeneration. The system is meant to partially restore...
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Argus retinal prosthesis, also known as a bionic eye, is an electronic retinal implant manufactured by the American company Second Sight Medical Products...
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Visual prosthesis (redirect from Retinal prosthesis)
Implant AG discontinues business activities". BioRegio STERN | Wirtschaft weiterdenken. Retrieved 30 June 2024. Wyatt, J.L. Jr. "The Retinal Implant Project"...
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Orthopedic implant Prosthetic implant Retinal implant Subdermal implant Transdermal implant Alien implants Extraocular implant Implant (body modification)...
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Retinitis pigmentosa (redirect from Retinal pigmentosa)
pigmentosa (RP) is a member of a group of genetic disorders called inherited retinal dystrophy (IRD) that cause loss of vision. Symptoms include trouble seeing...
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approved the use of the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System [1], making it the first FDA-approved implant to treat retinal degeneration. The device may help...
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Neurostimulation (redirect from Implanted pulse generator)
groups in the design of intraocular retinal prostheses. The ArgusTM 16 retinal implant is an intraocular retinal prosthesis utilizing video processing...
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with retinal vascular occlusion. Treatment consists of Anti-VEGF drugs like Lucentis or intravitreal steroid implant (Ozurdex) and Pan-Retinal Laser...
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Retina (redirect from Retinal diseases)
the retinal vasculature only 25%. When light strikes 11-cis-retinal (in the disks in the rods and cones), 11-cis-retinal changes to all-trans-retinal which...
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retinal vein occlusion is a common retinal vascular disease of the elderly. It is caused by the occlusion of one of the branches of central retinal vein...
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Neurotechnology (section Implants)
stimulation and brain–computer interfaces, such as cochlear implants and retinal implants. The field of neurotechnology has been around for nearly half...
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is one of the first surgeons in the world to have made a successful retinal implant for visual prosthesis, sometimes described as creating: a 'bionic eye'...
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Cyborg (category Implants (medicine))
in which people have an abnormally low number of retinal ganglion cells), is that the retinal implant and electrical stimulation would act as a substitute...
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simplifies the implantation procedure compared to other retinal implants. Optical activation of the photovoltaic pixels allows scaling the implants to thousands...
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Intraocular lens (redirect from Lens implant)
An intraocular lens (IOL) is a lens implanted in the eye usually as part of a treatment for cataracts or for correcting other vision problems such as...
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Stargardt disease is the most common inherited single-gene retinal disease. In terms of the first description of the disease, it follows an autosomal...
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Neuroprosthetics (redirect from Auditory brain stem implant)
retinal device developed by Retina Implant GMbH (Reutlingen, Germany) began clinical trials in 2006. An IC with 1500 microphotodiodes was implanted under...
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the direction of white lines on a computer screen using the retinal implant." The implant, known as the Argus II and manufactured in the US by the company...
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retinal implant overall system can be implanted and fixed under the retina. With this patented technique, he performed the world's first implantation...
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October 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2011. "DARPA Program Seeks to Use Brain Implants to Control Mental Illness – MIT Technology Review". MIT Technology Review...
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Glaucoma (section Glaucoma drainage implants)
biomechanical theory hypothesizes that the retinal ganglion cell axons (which form the optic nerve head and the retinal nerve fiber layer) are particularly susceptible...
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Macular edema (redirect from Retinal edema)
cause. Blockage of a vein in the retina can cause engorgement of the other retinal veins causing them to leak fluid under or into the retina. The blockage...
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devices for the sensory nervous system such as the use of auditory implants, retinal implants, and electronic skins. Translational neuroscience research is...
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lens implant (1952), Warren Reese, MD and Turgut Hamdi, MD Invention of a vitrectomy machine (1972), Jay Federman, MD Artificial retinal implant (2009)...
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the surgery. People with retinal detachment may be scheduled for a combined vitreo-retinal procedure, along with IOL implantation. People taking tamsulosin...
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Intravitreal implants are micro device-like inserts injected into the posterior segment of the eye to treat retinal diseases releasing therapeutic drugs...
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Eye surgery (redirect from Retinal Surgery)
for the treatment of giant retinal tears, tractional retinal detachments, and posterior vitreous detachments. Pan retinal photocoagulation is a type of...
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Mark S. Humayun (section Argus II retinal prosthesis)
advanced engineering. Humayun co-invented the Argus II retinal prosthesis, a retinal implant designed to help patients with genetic retinitis pigmentosa...
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miniature video cameras that transmitted signals to a 4-mm-by-5-mm retinal implant via a wireless receiver embedded behind the ear. Amblyopia, or lazy...
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Neuromodulation (medicine) (category Implants (medicine))
sensory deficits, such as hearing (cochlear implants and auditory brainstem implants) and vision (retinal implants). Technical improvements include a trend...
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