Retinal Prosthesis
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes
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4 statements about Retinal Prosthesis, every show
Hodak: Science is the first to restore form vision in blind patients
“Nobody had previously ever been able to restore a form vision image in the mind's eye of a blind patient in this way.”
Hodak: Science Sees Path to Red and Green Color Vision
“We think we see a path to get at least red and green.
Blue is a little bit trickier.”
Hodak: Science retinal implant allowed a blind patient to read eye charts
“And with our retinal prosthesis that we, what we saw in the trial was we can take a patient who's been unable to see faces for a decade and allow them to read every letter on an eye chart.”
Hodak: Science's retinal implant restored reading in macular degeneration patients
“So our lead program at Science is a retinal prosthesis. It's a chip that's implanted in the back of the eye. We just, we finished a major clinical trial last summer in age-related macular degeneration where patients that are unable to recognize faces have been…”