Innovative Technologies for Optimized Artificial Vision

Abstract

Despite significant advances in the treatment of severe eye diseases, certain forms of blindness cannot be cured or improved to this day. These include, for example, retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary degeneration of photoreceptors. Technology approaches with implantable visual prostheses based on electrical stimulation of remaining neurons in the retina or cortex, have already been tested in a number of patients with limited results. New findings in the biology of these diseases as well as new technological developments give hope for better results in the future.

Publication History

Article published online:
23 May 2022

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