Technology for restoring vision is still at an early stage, but a new kind of retinal prosthesis allows blind rats to sense light, a study shows. The new device was implanted in the eyes of visually ...

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., May 8--Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, its Doheny Retina Institute and Second Sight, LLC, are reporting on the initial ...

What is a Retinal Prosthesis? Light is detected by photoreceptors in our eyes, i.e., rods and cones, through photosensitive molecules present in the outer part of the photoreceptor of a healthy retina ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Innovations in Nerve Stimulation Therapy, Retinal Prosthesis, Sensory Prosthetic Arm, Brain Neurostimulation Device, and Robotic Surgical Microinstruments" report has ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Second Sight Medical Products (NASDAQ:EYES) a leading developer and marketer of implantable visual prosthetics that are intended to create an artificial form of useful ...

Argus II is a novel healthcare technology that restores vision in RP patients. Improvements in visual acuity are expected to lead to improvements in patient self-confidence, decreasing their ...

Second Sight Medical, a healthcare products company based in Sylmar, California, announced that it received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration for its Argus II Retinal ...

SYLMAR, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:EYES) ("Second Sight" or "the Company"), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable visual prosthetics that are ...

A clinical trial led by Stanford University School of Medicine has demonstrated that a wireless retinal prosthesis can help restore vision lost to advanced macular degeneration. The results, published ...

A new study suggests that injecting gold nanoparticles into the retina and stimulating those particles with lasers could restore partial vision for these patients. The gold nanoparticles, excited by ...