Monday, May 14, 2012

New Retinal Prosthesis Could Restore Sight

Retinal Prosthesis
"Scientists here have developed an innovative retinal prosthesis that may someday restore sight to those who have lost their vision due to certain types of degenerative eye disease," according to Stanford University's Scope. "While similar devices require coils, cables or antennas inside the eye to transmit power and information to the retinal implant, the Stanford device uses near-infrared light to deliver images making the device thin and easily implantable." Read more.

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