Retinal prostheses hold the promise of restoring vision in totally blind people. However, a
decade of clinical trials highlighted quantitative limitations hampering the possibility of …

The degeneration of photoreceptors in the retina is one of the major causes of adult
blindness in humans. Unfortunately, no effective clinical treatments exist for the majority of …

This study aims at substituting the essential functions of photoreceptors in patients who are
blind owing to untreatable forms of hereditary retinal degenerations. A microelectronic …

Late-stage retinal degenerative disease involving photoreceptor loss can be treated by
optogenetic therapy, cell transplantation and retinal prostheses. These approaches aim to …

Inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs) encompass a large group of clinically and genetically
heterogeneous diseases that affect approximately 1 in 3000 people (> 2 million people …

Purpose To report the initial efficacy results of the Retina Implant Alpha AMS (Retina Implant
AG, Reutlingen, Germany) for partial restoration of vision in end-stage retinitis pigmentosa …

Advances in soft materials, miniaturized electronics, sensors, stimulators, radios, and battery-
free power supplies are resulting in a new generation of fully implantable organ interfaces …

Targeting the photosensitive ion channel channelrhodopsin‐2 (ChR2) to the retinal circuitry
downstream of photoreceptors holds promise in treating vision loss caused by retinal …

Sensory substitution devices (SSDs) have come a long way since first developed for visual
rehabilitation. They have produced exciting experimental results, and have furthered our …

Artificial retina implantation provides an effective and feasible attempt for vision recovery in
addition to retinal transplantation. The most advanced artificial retinas ever developed …