A cell-based subretinal implant shows promise in the treatment of geographic atrophy, achieving the unprecedented milestone ...

For a long time, it seemed like the stuff of science fiction. But with companies like Neuralink pioneering brain chips, and ...

Retinal implants have gained increasing interest since it was demonstrated in acute trials that completely blind subjects do have light perception upon electrical stimulation of the inner surface ...

At Science, researchers are developing an implant that sits directly in the eye, under the retina. That’s different than Science’s other planned devices, which will put electrodes in the brain ...

Retinal implants that can translate sensory input into neural activation in the vision-impaired have become an increasingly popular way to fight loss of sight, in particular that caused by macular ...

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 ...

Rhian Lewis, 50, uses a pointer to interpret the images her retinal implant sends to her brain as research optometrist Charles Cottriall, of England’s Oxford Eye Hospital, looks on. Patients ...

The implant was also shown to be safe and well ... director of research at Retinal Consultants of Texas and an investigator in the Encelto clinical trials, said in Neurotech’s approval announcement.

The investigators conducted a prospective interventional study to determine the therapeutic anatomic and functional effects ...

Retinal stimulation activates the visual cortex in a topographically correct way. Retina implants are well tolerated in animal experiments. In blind subjects suffering from retinitis pigmentosa in ...