Seeing the future with bionic vision From: Discover Magazine - 10/2015 - page 28 By: Myatt Murphy The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, or, as Abdhish Bhavsar, director of clinical research at the Retina Center of Minnesota and others in ophthalmology like to call it, the bionic eye. "It's actually an artificial retina implanted into the weaker eye," he says of the recently FDA-approved device. A pair of camera-equipped glasses worn by the patient receives light, which is converted to a wirelessly transmitted signal and sent to an antenna in the artificial retina. The artificial retina then converts the signal into electrical impulses, which bypass damaged photoreceptors and stimulate the retina’s remaining cells. The KAMRA corneal inlay, the first device of its kind to win FDA approval, is inserted into the eye. The removable implant acts like a camera aperture, adjusting the depth of field when needed. So far, more than 80 percent of implanted patients experienced 20/40 vision or better for a period of three years, making the easily reversible option a less permanent alternative to procedures such as LASIK. Read the entire article at: http://discovermagazine.com/2015/oct/11-age-and-enlightenment Links: Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System http://www.secondsight.com Blind Man Sees Again After 33 Years, Thanks to Bionic Eye Implant (with video 3:48) http://wisance.com/blind-man-sees-again-after-33-years-thanks-to-bionic-eye-implant KAMRA corneal inlay http://kamra.com