The implants are said to be capable of completely restoring sight to blind patients, but only if
their blindness was caused by a faulty retina, as in macular
degeneration (suffered by millions of elderly people), diabetic
retinopathy or any other degenerative eye disease.
Reference:
http://mrunal.org/2012/09/snt-bionic-eye.html
Argus II | Bio-Retina |
roughly four-hour procedure | operation only takes about 30 minutes can be done under local anesthesia. |
Costing around $115,000 | cost of about $60,000 |
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Reference:
http://mrunal.org/2012/09/snt-bionic-eye.html
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