While the current state of the art in retinal implants is better than total blindness, it is still a long way from anything approaching normal vision. But two researchers have teamed up to improve ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Science Corporation reported positive preliminary results of a clinical trial examining its Prima retinal ...

LOS ANGELES — Age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness for Americans 65 and older, is a progressive disease affecting central vision. Over time, faces, book ...

A small wireless chip and a pair of smart glasses are offering new hope to people who thought they’d never read again. The groundbreaking device, called PRIMA, has partially restored vision in people ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- At 17, Jirair Semerdijan of Henderson, Nevada completely lost his sight to retinitis pigmentosa. The condition destroyed part of his retina. He lost his sight and his ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Retinal implants have a history of challenges, and questions remain about their utility. A bioengineered RPE ...

June 24, 2009 — On June 17, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a dexamethasone 0.7-mg intravitreal implant (Ozurdex, Allergan, Inc) for the treatment of macular edema after branch ...

A groundbreaking retinal implant is offering new hope to individuals with macular degeneration, a condition that often leads to legal blindness. This tiny device, combined with special glasses, is ...

Scientists have used an eye implant to improve the vision of dozens of people left functionally blind by age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The implant, which measures 2 millimetres by 2 ...

The PRIMA system is a subretinal implant designed to restore central vision in GA patients by replacing failed photoreceptors ...

For the first time, researchers have restored some vision to people with a common type of eye disease by using a prosthetic retinal implant. If approved for broader use in the future, the treatment ...