Researchers announce artificial cornea, clinical trials under way
For the thousands of people who go blind every year from damage to the cornea (though trauma, disease, or missing limbal stem cells), a new...
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Artificial retina restores mouse vision, humans not far off
A new type of artificial retina may one day allow blind people to see with much greater detail than today’s prosthetic eyes allow. The new...
Eye telescope implant gains FDA approval
The FDA just approved a tiny implantable telescope meant to assist patients over 75 years old who suffer from end-stage macular degeneration. In a clinical...
Prototype bionic eye implant unveiled, launching in 2013
Bionic Vision Australia, in collaboration with a team at the University of New South Wales, has unveiled a working prototype of a bionic eye implant....
