The Dept. of Energy Artificial Retina Project
Abstract
LLNL has assisted in the development of the first long-term retinal prosthesis - called an artificial retina - that can function for years inside the harsh biological environment of the eye. This work has been done in collaboration with four national laboratories (Argonne, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Sandia), four universities (the California Institute of Technology, the Doheny Eye Institute at USC, North Carolina State University and the University of California, Santa Cruz), an industrial partner (Second Sight® Medical Products Inc. of Sylmar, Calif.) and the U.S. Department of Energy. With this device, application-specific integrated circuits transform digital images from a camera into electric signals in the eye that the brain uses to create a visual image. In clinical trials, patients with vision loss were able to successfully identify objects, increase mobility and detect movement using the artificial retina.
- Publication Date:
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 987990
- Resource Type:
- Multimedia
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; RETINA; EYE; BLIND; RP; MICROELECTRONIC; CELLS; VISION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; ARTIFICIAL RETINAS
Citation Formats
. The Dept. of Energy Artificial Retina Project. United States: N. p., 2009.
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"The Dept. of Energy Artificial Retina Project". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/987990.
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