Scientists have partially restored sight to blind people using a paradigm-shifting implant that wires images directly to the brain.
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Ottawa Startup Looking to Improve Vision With Diamond Eye Implant
An Ottawa-based company is working to improve the effectiveness of vision-restoring technology with its Diamond Eye implant.
Second Sight Gets Expedited Access Pathway for ‘Bionic Eye to Restore Sight to Blind
The FDA has granted Second Sight Medical an Expedited Access Pathway designation for its new visual prosthesis system designed to restore sight to patients who are completely blind.
Brain Implant Launching Clinical Trial to Restore Vision to Patients
The device, called the Orion, is a modified version of Second Sight’s current Argus II bionic eye, which involves a pair of glasses outfitted with a camera and an external processor. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted the company a conditional approval for a small study involving five patients at two sites, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of California, Los Angeles. Second Sight still needs to conduct further testing of the device and answer certain questions before starting the trial but hopes to begin enrolling patients in October and do its first implant by the end of the year.
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