UNSW: The University of New South Wales - Sydney Australia - News - Major advance for bionic eye
UNSW researchers have unveiled the microchip which is expected to power Australia’s first bionic eye.
The microchip is performing well in preliminary lab testing. It will be at the core of the Wide-View neurostimulator device being developed by BVA, with the first full implant of the system in a patient planned for 2013.
The bionic eye technology being developed by UNSW and its partners in BVA – the Bionic Ear Institute, Centre for Eye Research Australia, NICTA and University of Melbourne – aims to help people who have experienced vision loss due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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