Dozens of blind people can see thanks to revolutionary new microchip: ‘Never been done before’

Before receiving the implant, it was like having two black discs in my eyes, with the outside distorted,” said Sheila Irvine, ...
Becker's ASC

Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii’s 1st bionic eye surgery patient sees light: 5 key notes

Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii performed the state’s first bionic eye surgery. The patient underwent surgery for the bionic eye and nine months later is now able to see light. The patient is ...

A rice-sized bionic eye implant could bring artificial vision into the real world

Developed by California-based biotech company Science Corporation, the ultra-thin PRIMA implant measures just two millimeters square and is placed beneath the retina in a brief surgical ...
Wired

Argus II bionic eye implants let the blind see, and even read

"Without the glasses you can't see a thing, put the glasses on you can suddenly see. You get that wow factor every time you do it." Philip Booth, 60, has had bionic eyes for the last three and a ...

Vision loss in aging eyes? Retinal implant offers hope of second sight

For decades, people with advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) — the leading cause of irreversible blindness in ...
The Durango Herald

This ‘bionic eye’ restores vision

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A degenerative eye disease slowly robbed Roger Pontz of his vision. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, he has been almost completely blind for years. Now, thanks ...
Southeast Missourian

Bionic eye seeks to follow success of cochlear implants

NEW YORK -- When 68-year-old Robert Rosene became a bionic-eyed man, he didn't get the Six Million Dollar Man's telescoping vision. Rosene, of St. Charles, Ill., was all but pitch-black blind before ...