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Researchers at Monash University in Australia have developed the world’s first bionic eye, the Gennaris Bionic Vision System, offering a revolutionary solution for treating blindness.

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 ...

In November, a man from Hackney, east London, became the first person in the world to have a 3D-printed prosthetic eye at the same hospital.

has raised US$18 million to progress the development of its bionic eye implant. The company designs devices to combat retinitis pigmentosa (RP) - an inherited rare eye condition that causes the ...

Last year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first bionic eye. A device housed on a pair of glasses transmits images to an artificial implant in the eye that stimulates electrodes ...