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The Argus II epiretinal prosthesis system allows letter and word reading and long-term function in patients with profound vision loss
British Journal of Ophthalmology · 2013 · Vol. 97(5) · pp. 632–636
Lyndon da Cruz✉(Moorfields Eye Hospital)Brian Coley(Second Sight Medical Products)Jessy D. Dorn(Second Sight Medical Products)Francesco Merlini(Second Sight Medical Products)E. Filley(Retina Foundation of the Southwest)Punita Christopher(Second Sight Medical Products)Fred K. Chen(Lions Eye Institute)Varalakshmi Wuyyuru(Second Sight Medical Products)José‐Alain Sahel(Centre hospitalier national d'ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts)Paulo Stanga(Manchester Royal Eye Hospital)Mark S. Humayun(Second Sight Medical Products)Robert J. Greenberg(Second Sight Medical Products)Gislin Dagnelie(Johns Hopkins Hospital)for the Argus II Study Group
Abstract
Multiple blind subjects fitted with the Argus II system consistently identified letters and words using the device, indicating reproducible spatial resolution. This, in combination with stable, long-term function, represents significant progress in the evolution of artificial sight.
Neuroscience and Neural EngineeringEEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingArgusMedicineTerm (time)Reading (process)OphthalmologyOptometryVisual prosthesisRetinal ProsthesisProsthesisSurgery
MeSH terms
AdultAgedElectrodes, ImplantedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesReadingRetinitis PigmentosaVisual AcuityVisual PerceptionVision, LowChoroideremiaProsthesis Implantation
Funding
- National Institutes of Health
- National Eye Institute
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