Developed by California-based biotech company Science Corporation, the ultra-thin PRIMA implant measures just two millimeters square and is placed beneath the retina in a brief surgical ...

For decades, people with advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) — the leading cause of irreversible blindness in ...

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine describes the results of a clinical trial pitting an ocular ...

A woman who described herself as an “avid bookworm” before losing her sight is able to read again after taking part in a ...

“Where this dead retina was a complete blind spot, vision was restored,” Dr. Frank Holz, the study’s lead author and an ...

"Without the glasses you can't see a thing, put the glasses on you can suddenly see. You get that wow factor every time you do it." Philip Booth, 60, has had bionic eyes for the last three and a half ...

Blind patients can read and recognise faces again with a “revolutionary” bionic chip, signalling a “new era” for artificial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study showed that a majority of patients with age-related macular degeneration were interested in a visual ...

The Science Eye is an intriguing piece of technology. Developed by Science Corp., the bionic eye seeks to restore vision in patients suffering from a variety of vision-based diseases. But, it also ...

SEATTLE -- You've seen it in Hollywood and in video games--electronics that enhance what we see through our own eyes. Now, a University of Washington research team says they're much closer to a bionic ...

More than 350 people have a discontinued retinal implant in their eyeballs. The invention was once a cutting-edge option for restoring sight, but it has been replaced by newer technologies. The ...

Biomedical researcher Michael Beyeler receives $1.5 million NIH Director’s New Innovator award to enable a smart bionic eye Good vision is essential to everyday living, yet approximately 12 million ...