First implantation of prototype bionic eye with 24 electrodes: 'All of a sudden I could see a little flash of light'
Friday, August 31, 2012 - 06:30
in Health & Medicine
In a major development, researchers in Australia have successfully performed the first implantation of an early prototype bionic eye with 24 electrodes. A patient with profound vision loss due to retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited condition, has now received the implant that enables her to experience some vision.