Progress in the clinical development and utilization of vision prostheses: an update

Vision prostheses, or “bionic eyes”, are implantable medical bionic devices with the potential to restore rudimentary sight to people with profound vision loss or blindness. In the past two decades, this field has rapidly progressed, and there are now two commercially available retinal prostheses in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Brandli, Alice, Luu, Chi D, Guymer, Robyn H, Ayton, Lauren N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5398739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28539798
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/EB.S70822
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Sumario:Vision prostheses, or “bionic eyes”, are implantable medical bionic devices with the potential to restore rudimentary sight to people with profound vision loss or blindness. In the past two decades, this field has rapidly progressed, and there are now two commercially available retinal prostheses in the US and Europe, and a number of next-generation devices in development. This review provides an update on the development of these devices and a discussion on the future directions for the field.

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