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Solar-Powered Eye Implant Restores Reading Vision
24 Oct 2025 06:30 GMT
… device is a novel wireless subretinal photovoltaic implant paired with specialized glasses … magnify letters. It is implanted in the subretinal layer, under the … than reading alone.
Reference: “Subretinal Photovoltaic Implant to Restore Vision in Geographic …
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Subretinal Implant Offers Partial Vision Restoration for AMD Patients
20 Oct 2025 14:56 GMT
… AMD. This system comprises a subretinal implant coupled with augmented-reality glasses … is projected wirelessly onto the subretinal implant.
Upon receiving these infrared signals … : “Until now, other types of subretinal implants had been developed, with far …
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Subretinal implant partially restores vision in AMD patients
20 Oct 2025 13:41 GMT
… called Prima, including a subretinal implant, could change all that. … It consists of a subretinal implant and a pair of … holes in the macula and subretinal hemorrhages. The vast majority … Until now, other types of subretinal implants had been developed, with …
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Tiny implant helps blind people to read again
23 Oct 2025 00:41 GMT
… macular degeneration. The photovoltaic retina implant microarray (PRIMA) chip, as the … through infrared light to the implant, which converts it into electrical … Journal of Medicine, titled “Subretinal Photovoltaic Implant to Restore Vision in Geographic …
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Breakthrough eye implant restores reading vision in blind patients
21 Oct 2025 11:48 GMT
… standard vision chart before the implant. On average, patients gained … quality of life.
How the implant works
The device used in … System, is a wireless, subretinal photovoltaic implant. It is a tiny chip … near-infrared light to the implant.
The chip acts like …
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Prima implant offers new hope for vision restoration in atrophic AMD
21 Oct 2025 04:12 GMT
… called Prima, including a subretinal implant, could change all that. … in the macula and subretinal hemorrhages. The vast majority … now, other types of subretinal implants had been developed, … et al. (2025). Subretinal Photovoltaic Implant to Restore Vision in …
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Electronic Eye Implant Restores Reading Vision in AMD
20 Oct 2025 23:23 GMT
… is a novel wireless subretinal photovoltaic implant paired with specialised glasses … The PRIMA is a subretinal photovoltaic implant that converts light signals … retina implant microarray (PRIMA) system combines a subretinal photovoltaic implant and …
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Wireless Retinal Implant Restores Central Vision in AMD Patients
20 Oct 2025 18:42 GMT
… of bioengineers and neuroscientists, the implant is a wireless microchip embedded … Innovations Driving the Breakthrough
The implant’s design draws on photovoltaic … reported after implantation. Industry experts note that the device’s subretinal placement …
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Eye Implant Paired with AR Glasses and AI to Help Blind Patients Read Again
20 Oct 2025 18:00 GMT
… is a novel wireless subretinal photovoltaic implant paired with specialized glasses … is an electronic eye implant that is paired with … augmented-reality glasses. The implant kind of looks like … hair.
The chip is implanted during a vitrectomy, during …
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Retinal Implant Restores Central Vision in Advanced AMD Patients, Pitt-Led Study Finds
20 Oct 2025 14:56 GMT
… system — a wireless retinal implant — successfully restores central … wireless 2×2 mm subretinal implant. Developed initially by Dr … . Palanker, the implant converts projected near-infrared … breakthrough positions the PRIMA implant as a cornerstone technology …