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Sadly, for a group reliant on retinal implants from company Second Sight, the company has since stopped producing and supporting the devices that give them a crude form of bionic sight.

The world’s first implant of a bionic eye has been carried out by a University of Manchester academic. Professor Paulo Stanga led the four hour operation on pensioner Ray Flynn at the Manchester Royal ...

A new study at the University of Sydney has showcased promising results for a new bionic eye ... attention to how the body responded to the implant. With that information, the team was able ...

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 ...

a man who lost his vision gets the opportunity to regain it with the help of an experimental bionic eye implant. But as with so many things that involve technological innovation, what might at ...

At the Oxford Eye Hospital doctors have selected 6 patients to receive the most advanced kind of retinal implant – a tiny electronic chip that is inserted into the eye to replace the damaged ...

“Not being able to see for 20 years, it would be a miracle,” said Richard. Some call it “bionic” eye surgery. It’s a complex procedure that implants a visual prosthesis into the eye to improve vision ...