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Recently, researchers at the Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa created an artificial retina made of a biocompatible photovoltaic polymer.
FORBES: Artificial Retina From A Photovoltaic Polymer
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The images are wirelessly transmitted from the implant into the artificial retina.
FORBES: FDA Approves First Bionic Eye
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a device that combines a small video camera and a computer on a pair of eyeglasses and an artificial retina that is implanted inside the eye.
FORBES: FDA Approves First Bionic Eye
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The artificial retina, called the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, is the first implantable device to treat the condition and is approved for people over age 25 with advanced RP who can see some light.
CNN: FDA approves first bionic eye
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The artificial retina is composed by neuronal photoreceptors, called cones and rods, which capture light signals and transform them in electrical signals, transferring them to the retinal ganglion cells and, through the optic nerve, to the brain.
FORBES: Artificial Retina From A Photovoltaic Polymer
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In the case of the Argus II, the bionic eye or more accurately, the artificial retina, will turn darkness into light through a system comprised of electronics in the eye and wearable technology which wirelessly transmits a signal to the implant in the eye that lets the patient see again.
FORBES: First Bionic Eye For US Market Awaits Approval From FDA
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This created a small pocket in the "subretinal space", through which the Artificial Silicon Retina (ASR) could beplaced.
BBC: Doctors fight blindness with eye implant
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This discovery allows them to move forward on the creation of an artificial organic substitute for the retina also for human beings.
FORBES: Artificial Retina From A Photovoltaic Polymer