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Bionic eye enables woman to see again (video)

05-Jan-2015

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Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) caused patient to lose vision. No cure available.

3x3mm chip implanted in back of eye to replace light-sensitive retinal cells.

After 6 months able to recognise basic shapes.

Operation done at John Radcliffe Hospital (JR) in Oxfordshire, UK.

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John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxfordshire's main accident and emergency site

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Vision (augmentation)