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Argus II retinal implant trials successful

24-Jun-2015

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Bionic eye significantly better life for 89 percent of trial subjects in 3 year study.

Classic technology meets healthcare scenario – new versions already available increasing visual pixels from 60 to 1500 – imagine if drugs had improved their efficacy at that rate for the last 100 years, we’d all be disease free by now.

The study was published in the Ophthalmology journal.

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Allen C. Ho

President at The Retina Society and doctor at the Wills Eye Hospital.

Argus II

Retinal prosthesis system.

Ophthalmology

Medical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Wills Eye Hospital

Non-profit eye clinic and hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Vision (augmentation)