Posted in Implantable devices by Chris Newmarker on November 26, 2013 Investors apparently see promise in retinal implant systems and their potential to make the blind see again. Pixium Vision—a 2-year-old French company ...
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For many suffering from blindness, the perfect Christmas gift has arrived. Next month, the Argus II Retinal Prothesis System by Second Sight is slated to go on sale in the United States. The Argus II by Second Sight can restore sight for ...
Tags: Bionic Eye, blindness
Second Sight Medical Products has secured Medicare coverage for its Argus II retinal prosthesis system (Argus II) designed to treat the patients affected with blindness from the untreatable orphan disease retinitis pigmentosa in both the US ...
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Posted by Jack Mans -- Packaging Digest, 3/25/2013 12:22:33 PM The U.S. Department of Energy has approved of the first bionic eye for use in the U.S. The creation of this retinal prosthesis stems, in part, from DOE support for a decade of ...
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