Monday, December 6, 2010

Switzerland successful artificial retina chip implantation

Geneva, 18 Feb-as far as Switzerland French TV station 18, reported that the Geneva University Hospital recently successfully as a blind made artificial retina chip implantation.

Geneva University Hospital, surgery on December 11, won the United States and France, with the assistance of a doctor, was implanted in a good blind postoperative recovery.

Surgery doctor said, it is important to let the chip in the eyes of "settle down" and within a few years remains stable.

Artificial Retina chip's principle is to blind man glasses camera image to pulse signal transmission to the chip, stimulate retinopathy, the image information is sent to the brain.

Geneva University Hospital, the next step shall observe is implanted to brain after receiving the image information, if the operation results, blind people can obtain basic vision, can generally distinguish objects.

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