An implantable microsystem as a vision prosthesis
Mokwa, W.
Medical Device Technology 18(6): 20 22-3
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 1048-6690 PMID: 18078177 Document Number: 611433
Blindness is often the result of degeneration of the light sensitive rods and cones of the retina in conditions such as retinitis pigmentosa and macula degeneration. An implantable vision prosthesis has been developed that electrically stimulates the retinal ganglion cells in such a way that action potentials in retinal ganglion cells are evoked, causing a visual sensation in the visual cortex. Clinical trials are about to be conducted.
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