has raised US$18 million to progress the development of its bionic eye implant. The company designs devices to combat retinitis pigmentosa (RP) - an inherited rare eye condition that causes the ...

One remarkable development is the Gennaris bionic vision system created by the ... The core of the Gennaris system involves a wireless implant that stimulates the brain with electrical signals.

Researchers at Monash University in Australia have developed the world’s first bionic eye ... The Gennaris system consists of a wireless implant placed on the brain’s surface that delivers ...

Pixium Vision, a French company, has received the approval to begin in-human trials of a miniature wireless sub-retinal implant. Named PRIMA, the device may help those with advanced dry age ...

“Mr. Flynn’s progress is truly remarkable,” Paulo Stanga, the ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital who led the operation, told BBC News. “I think this could be ...

The world’s first implant of a bionic eye has been carried out by a University of Manchester academic. Professor Paulo Stanga led the four hour operation on pensioner Ray Flynn at the Manchester Royal ...

At the Oxford Eye Hospital doctors have selected 6 patients to receive the most advanced kind of retinal implant – a tiny electronic chip that is inserted into the eye to replace the damaged ...

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