Progress on Designing a Chemical Retinal Prosthesis [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2022 The last major review of progress toward a chemical retinal prosthesis was a decade ago. Many important advancements have been made since then with the aim of producing an implantable device for animal testing.
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Advances in retinal prosthesis systems [PDF]
Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology, 2019 Retinal prosthesis systems have undergone significant advances in the past quarter century, resulting in the development of several different novel surgical and engineering approaches.
Edward Bloch, Yvonne Luo, Lyndon da Cruz
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Long term positional stability of the Argus II retinal prosthesis epiretinal implant [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmology, 2023 Background The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System (Second Sight Medical Products, Sylmar, California) is an epiretinal prosthesis that serves to provide useful vision to people who are affected by retinal degenerative diseases such as retinitis ...
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Ultrasonic Retinal Neuromodulation and Acoustic Retinal Prosthesis [PDF]
Micromachines, 2020 Ultrasound is an emerging method for non-invasive neuromodulation. Studies in the past have demonstrated that ultrasound can reversibly activate and inhibit neural activities in the brain. Recent research shows the possibility of using ultrasound ranging
Pei-An Lo +4 more
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Computational analysis of efficient organic solar cell-based retinal prosthesis using plasmonic gold nanoparticles [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2023 IntroductionPhotovoltaic restoration of vision, especially in conjunction with the use of silicon photodiodes, has gained attention for use in patients affected by blindness due to retinal layer disease.
Ali Rahmani, Ali Rahmani, Kyungsik Eom
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A flexible photoacoustic retinal prosthesis [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsRetinal degenerative diseases of photoreceptors are a leading cause of blindness with no effective treatment. Retinal prostheses aim to restore sight by stimulating residual retinal cells.
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Effect of the electrode array-retina gap distance on visual function in patients with the Argus II retinal prosthesis [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmology, 2020 Background Post-implantation visual outcomes in patients with the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis is dependent on a multitude of factors including the positioning of the electrode array on the retina.
Abhishek Naidu +3 more
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Spatiotemporal integration of visual stimuli and its relevance to the use of a divisional power supply scheme for retinal prosthesis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 A wireless photovoltaic retinal prosthesis is currently being studied with the aim of providing prosthetic vision to patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Yueh-Chun Tsai +7 more
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Simulation of epiretinal prostheses - Evaluation of geometrical factors affecting stimulation thresholds [PDF]
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2011 Background An accurate understanding of the electrical interaction between retinal prostheses and retinal tissue is important to design effective devices. Previous studies have used modelling approaches to simulate electric fields generated by epiretinal
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In Vivo Photovoltaic Performance of a Silicon Nanowire Photodiode-Based Retinal Prosthesis. [PDF]
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 2018 Purpose:For more than 20 years, there has been an international, multidisciplinary effort to develop retinal prostheses to restore functional vision to patients blinded by retinal degeneration.
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