Bionic Eyes

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Bionic Eyes

• Robert Blease

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Target

• Current designs are made for patients with
  degenerative eye disorders.
• The most common disorder currently treatable is
  retinitis pigmentosa, affecting about 1 in 4000

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Argus II

• A retinal prosthesis system
• Only FDA approved system
• Initial cost is roughly 100,000 usd
• Has been able to give people the ability read
  again.

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How it Works

• Camera sends image to visual processing unit
• Unit sends wireless signal to epiretinal chip.

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Bionic Vision Australia

• Currently working on 2 prototypes, a high acuity
  and a wide vision
• High acuity 1024 electrode array for facial
  analysis abilities
• Wide vision 98 electrode array for navigating
  everyday life

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University of Monash

• Beginning trials of visual cortex implant in 2014
• Will allow for treatment of nearly 85 of all
  legally blind patients
• Does not require a working optic nerve

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Difficulties

• Very Expensive
• All current systems require patient to have had
  vision before
• Patient needs to be trained on how to see

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Citations

• http//www.gizmag.com/argus-ii-becomes-first-bioni
  c-eye-to-gain-approval-for-sale-in-us/26295/pictur
  es4
• The Argus II Epiretinal Prosthesis System Allows
  Letter and Word Reading And Long Term Function In
  Patients with Profound Vision Loss
• British Journal of Ophthalmology Volume 7, Issue
  5, 632-636
• Bionic Vision Australia, Retrieved November 1,
  2013 lthttp//bionicvision.org.au/eye/prototypes/hi
  gh_acuitygt
• Argus II eye lets the blind see, even read,
  Retrieved November 1, 2013 lthttp//www.wired.co.uk
  /news/archive/2013-03/18/bionic-eyes-argus-ii-appr
  oved-fdagt
• Wireless bionic eye created by Monash University,
  Retrieved November 1, 2013 lthttp//www.news.com.a
  u/lifestyle/health/wireless-bionic-eye-created-by-
  monash-university/story-fneuz9ev-1226659600937gt
• Bionic Vision, Retrieved November 1, 2013
  http//bionicvision.org.au/eye/prototypes/high_acu
  ity
• Monash University Bioniceye, Retrieved November
  2, 2013
• http//www.monash.edu.au/bioniceye/help.html