Device for Profoundly Blind Uses Tongue Electrodes

The profoundly blind form mental images of their surroundings from a variety of stimuli – touch, echo location, the their tip of cane or guide dog – and Wicab Inc. has developed a device that relays visual information via a neuro-stimulating array on the tongue to round out those images. Wicab president and CEO Robert…

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Second Sight’s Argus II Shows Strong Performance at the Five-Year Mark

Argus II Implant as Good at 5 Years as It Is at 3 - Eye on Innovation

With news that the global market for retinal implants is expected to skyrocket to $1.1 billion by 2022, investigators of Second Sight Medical Products’ Argus II retinal implant chose a good time to report that five-year results are in line with the previously reported three-year outcomes. The results were reported at the 39th Annual Macula…

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2013 OIS Ophthalmology Innovation Award Ceremony

Bill Link, Managing Director for Versant Ventures presents the first ever “Eye on Innovation Award” during the 2nd Annual Ophthalmology Innovation Summit on April 18, 2013. Expressing the importance of SecondSight’s upcoming technology, Bill provides a brief explanation of the company’s achievement before inviting them to accept the award and present on their innovative technology.…

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