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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 ...
Others can see with the aid of a visual prosthesis. The Argus II, nicknamed the "bionic eye," holds immense promise for people with a particular kind of blindness, retinitis pigmentosa ...
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 ...
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.