The Eye Surgery Centre of Hawaii demonstrated the success of its first retinal bionic implant, on an Asian patient. The bionic eye implantation procedure is for blind or nearly blind patients with hereditary degenerative eye disease.
The Eye Surgery Centre of Hawaii demonstrated the success of its first retinal bionic implant, which restored some vision to a patient with retinal blindness.
The procedure involves implanting a microelectrode chip onto the retina. A camera that a patient wears on sunglasses sends impulses to the micro- electrode array and is transmitted down the optic nerve to the brain.
The bionic eye implantation procedure — the first retinal prosthesis approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — is for blind or nearly blind patients with hereditary degenerative eye disease.
Two bionic implants have been conducted in Hawaii, and others are going through an approval process.
This is the Asia-Pacific region’s first implant of the Argus II artificial retina. The Asian patient was able to walk down a lighted path and turn the corner at the right time- and can determine between light and dark colours. The patient will undergo training and rehabilitation to learn how to use it.
The Eye Surgery Centre of Hawaii is trying to make retinal bionic implants more available in the Asia-Pacific region as it is not available anywhere in Asia. Hawaii expects to get patients for this from Asia.
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