Lausanne, 2 November 2011: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., the world’s leading developer of retinal prostheses for the blind, announced that the first ever commercial implantation of such a prosthesis was successfully completed on Saturday, October 29th in Pisa, Italy.
The company’s Argus II Retinal Proghesis System (‘Argus II’) was surgically implanted by Dr. Stanislao Rizzo, Director of the University Hospital Ophthalmic Department of Pisa, in a patient suffering from advanced Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP).
Argus II, which received marketing clearance in Europe earlier this year, becomes the world’s first ever commercial implant intended to restore some vision to a previously blind patient.
The electronic is implant into the eye as contrasted with another device that carries the electronics in a pair of sun glasses.
Either way, I wonder if people like or dislike seeing with an implant. I've read that some people with earlier devices had serious mental adjustments to make because of the increase in visual stimuli.
Would you want an implant?
The company’s Argus II Retinal Proghesis System (‘Argus II’) was surgically implanted by Dr. Stanislao Rizzo, Director of the University Hospital Ophthalmic Department of Pisa, in a patient suffering from advanced Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP).
Argus II, which received marketing clearance in Europe earlier this year, becomes the world’s first ever commercial implant intended to restore some vision to a previously blind patient.
The electronic is implant into the eye as contrasted with another device that carries the electronics in a pair of sun glasses.
Either way, I wonder if people like or dislike seeing with an implant. I've read that some people with earlier devices had serious mental adjustments to make because of the increase in visual stimuli.
Would you want an implant?