Implanted chip helps blind people detect objects
NOV 03, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024800
BBC : A collaboration between the University of Tübingen and Retina Implant AG—both in Germany—has successfully tested a chip that, once installed behind a damaged retina, can partially restore a blind person’s sight. As the BBC’s Neil Bowdler explains, the sub-retinal chip works like an undamaged retina. Light focused by the eye’s lens strikes the chip, which converts the energy into electrical impulses and sends them to the optic nerve.
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