Subretinal electronic chips allow blind patients to read letters and combine them to words

A light-sensitive, externally powered microchip was surgically implanted subretinally near the macular region of volunteers blind from hereditary retinal dystrophy. The implant contains an array of 1500 active microphotodiodes (‘chip’), each with its own amplifier and local stimulation electrode. At...

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Autores principales: Zrenner, Eberhart, Bartz-Schmidt, Karl Ulrich, Benav, Heval, Besch, Dorothea, Bruckmann, Anna, Gabel, Veit-Peter, Gekeler, Florian, Greppmaier, Udo, Harscher, Alex, Kibbel, Steffen, Koch, Johannes, Kusnyerik, Akos, Peters, Tobias, Stingl, Katarina, Sachs, Helmut, Stett, Alfred, Szurman, Peter, Wilhelm, Barbara, Wilke, Robert
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2011
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21047851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1747

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21047851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1747

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