A new study at the University of Sydney has showcased promising results for a new bionic eye. A team of biomedical students at the university developed the device. After three months of studying ...

A bionic eye that could give vision to blind people is about to be implanted in the first patients. Scientists say an artificial retina they have developed could help thousands of people who have ...

A nine-year-old girl born with one eye who refused to even leave the house after bullies called her ‘ugly’ has had her life transformed thanks to a state of the art bionic replacement.

It's taken until this year, 2014, for patients to receive the first FDA-approved bionic eyes. This breakthrough comes via Second Sight, a California company whose Argus II technology revolves ...

Surgeon Gabriel Weston visits the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford to follow an NHS funded trial testing a ground-breaking new treatment for patients who have lost ...

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Pixium Vision, a French company, has received the approval to begin in-human trials of a miniature wireless sub-retinal implant. Named PRIMA, the device may help those with advanced dry age ...

Bionic eyes could make glasses a thing of the past, scientists say. They are developing a system that will let patients correct faulty eyesight simply by tapping the side of their head.

A developer of a 'bionic eye' that restores vision in blind people has received fast-track review designation from the FDA. Second Sight's Orion Cortical Visual Prosthesis System consists of a ...