Retinal Prosthesis

Author

Weiland, James D. ; Humayun, Mark S.

Author_Institution

Depts. of Ophthalmology & Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

61

Issue

5

fYear

2014

fDate

May-14

Firstpage

1412

Lastpage

1424

Abstract

Retinal prosthesis has been translated from the laboratory to the clinic over the past two decades. Currently, two devices have regulatory approval for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa. These devices provide partial sight restoration and patients use this improved vision in their everyday lives. Improved mobility and object detection are some of the more notable findings from the clinical trials. However, significant vision restoration will require both better technology and improved understanding of the interaction between electrical stimulation and the retina. This paper reviews the recent clinical trials and highlights technology breakthroughs that will contribute to next generation of retinal prostheses.

Keywords

diseases; patient treatment; prosthetics; vision defects; mobility; object detection; retinal prosthesis; retinitis pigmentosa treatment; sight restoration; Arrays; Electrodes; Implants; Packaging; Prosthetics; Retina; Visualization; Blindness; medical device; neural prosthesis; retinal prosthesis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9294

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBME.2014.2314733

Filename

6782448