The PRIMA system is a subretinal implant designed to restore central vision in GA patients by replacing failed photoreceptors ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — So many people face a suspended driver’s license if they don’t get an eye test now. It’s understandable if you forgot, because those tests were postponed during the worst days of ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

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A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the PRIMA brain computer interface (BCI) retinal implant helped people with advanced age-related macular degeneration regain some ...

A wireless electronic prosthesis implanted under the retina has been shown to restore central vision in people with an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration, leading to improvement in ...

A wireless eye implant developed at Stanford Medicine has restored reading ability to people with advanced macular degeneration. The PRIMA chip works with smart glasses to replace lost photoreceptors ...

Scientists have used an eye implant to improve the vision of dozens of people left functionally blind by age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The implant, which measures 2 millimetres by 2 ...

A groundbreaking study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on Monday demonstrates how specialized devices using artificial intelligence can help restore central vision to treat ...

Finally, there’s a new vision for addressing this common eye condition. Dry age-related macular degeneration slowly damages the macula, the part of the retina responsible for central vision.