(Updated) First FDA-approved ‘Bionic Eyes’
First Bionic Eye transplants…

 

Amazing visual breakthroughs — bioengineering highlights

EyeEra 1.0, digital vision enhancement opens new possibilities ….

http://cir.ca/news/fda-approves-bionic-eye

http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/6/5385810/surgeons-make-first-fda-approved-bionic-eye-transplants

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/michigan-man-1st-us-bionic-eye-23434821

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http://singularityhub.com/2013/11/19/bionic-eye-implant-will-become-available-in-u-s-in-coming-weeks/

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-03/18/bionic-eyes-argus-ii-approved-fda

http://mootee.typepad.com/innovation_playground/2013/12/the-bionic-manwoman-is-now-possible-it-gives-new-meanings-to-wearables.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_prosthesis

The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System can provide sight — the detection of light — to people who have gone blind from degenerative eye diseases like macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. Ten percent of people over the age of 55 suffer from various stages of macular degeneration.

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Published on: Apr 26, 2014