Texas Instruments Keeps Its "Eye" on University Research with Artificial
  Retina Project
From: Medical Device Design - 10/07/2013

After more than 20 years of testing, research, and development by the
University of Southern California, Doheny Eye Institute and Second Sight
Medical Products Inc., the FDA recently approved an artificial retina that
can restore some sight for a specific type of blindness. There are TI parts
in the final commercial product, named Argus II, and Texas Instruments helped
the USC team, now part of the new USC Eye Institute, by constantly evaluating
their hypotheses and ultimately determining what technology worked for their
project.

More than 50 people around the world have received the implanted device. All
of the recipients suffer from retinitis pigmentosa, a condition where part of
the retina that is sensitive to light has degenerated or is diseased.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2013/10/ti-keeps-its-%E2%80%98eye%E2%80%99-university-research-artificial-retina-project

Link:
New technology may bring sight back to blind (with video 1:53)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57522740/new-technology-may-bring-sight-back-to-blind/