Retinal prostheses are designed to restore a basic sense of sight to people with profound
vision loss. They require a relatively intact posterior visual pathway (optic nerve, lateral …

Electrical stimulation using implantable devices with arrays of stimulating electrodes is an
emerging therapy for neurological diseases. The performance of these devices depends …

Visual prosthetics is an expanding subfield of functional electrical stimulation which has
gained increased interest recently in light of new advances in treatments and technology …

Purpose: To date, reviews of retinal prostheses have focused primarily on devices
undergoing human trials in the Western Hemisphere and fail to capture significant advances …

Retinal prosthesis has been translated from the laboratory to the clinic over the past two
decades. Currently, two devices have regulatory approval for the treatment of retinitis …

A retinal prosthesis, also known as a bionic eye, is a device that can be implanted to partially
restore vision in patients with retinal diseases that have resulted in the loss of …

The field of retinal prosthetic research, now more than 20 years old, has produced many
high-quality technical options that have the potential to restore vision to patients with …

▪ Abstract Retinal prostheses represent the best near-term hope for individuals with
incurable, blinding diseases of the outer retina. On the basis of the electrical activation of …

In the last decade, various clinical trials proved the capability of visual prostheses, in
particular retinal implants, to restore a useful form of vision. These encouraging results …

Retinal prosthesis systems have undergone significant advances in the past quarter century,
resulting in the development of several different novel surgical and engineering approaches …