This Implant Can Restore Sight for Patients with Macular Degeneration
🤖 AI-generated content — The title and summary were produced automatically by artificial intelligence, without human editorial review.
Developed by California-based Science Corporation, the Prima system combines a retinal implant with camera-equipped eyeglasses to restore vision for advanced age-related macular degeneration patients who develop a central blind spot. Approved in Europe in July and awaiting US FDA clearance, the treatment enabled more than 80% of recipients to read, do crosswords, and use phones after training sessions by mimicking dead photoreceptor cells.
Continue in the app — vote & join in ➔Source: MIT Technology Review · via ahirlevel.hu