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The University Hospital (UH), had created the first bionic eyeapproved by the world, also the patioents of the last stage of retinitis pigmentosa approved this.
This bionic eye works by converting video images into small electrical pulse into the retina nerves making the eye have a better perception of light. The artificial implant in the eye is part of a system developed by Second Sight that includes a small video camera and transmitter housed in a pair of glasses.
Images from the camera are converted into a series of electrical pulses that are transmitted wirelessly to an array of electrodes on the surface of the retina. The pulses stimulate the retina’s remaining healthy cells, causing them to relay the signal to the optic nerve.
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