As opposed to surgery, "an intravitreal injection is one of the simplest procedures in ophthalmology," said the lead ...

A team of Brown University researchers has identified a promising new approach that may one day help to restore vision in ...

From bionic limbs to brain-controlled wheelchairs—these 5 innovations are redefining what assistive tech can do. Here’s ...

The new approach from Brown uses gold nanorods injected into the eye's vitreous humor and incorporated into the retina, to ...

The general concept of all retinal implants and, more or less, all visual prostheses is that electrical stimulation will force retinal or other neurons in the visual system to change their ...

Elon Musk has said that his brain chip company, Neuralink, plans to implant its artificial visual prosthesis, Blindsight, into a human for the first time by the end of 2025. Musk stated that the ...

Researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine filed for protection of the development of a lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) visual prosthetic device with implantable electrode arrays that ...

The findings suggest that a new type of visual prosthesis system in which nanoparticles, used in combination with a small laser device worn in a pair of glasses or goggles, might one day help ...

Allie Dull, a teacher of students with visual impairments across the Dallas-Fort Worth, helped Dayanara find her new prosthetic eyes. The price for prosthetics ranged from $5,000 to $10,000, which was ...