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FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.901337
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sight restoration; retinal prosthesis; retina; current spread; modeling; psychophysics
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This article discusses two main obstacles in the development of epiretinal prosthesis technology and provides insights into the causes of high current amplitude thresholds and poor spatial resolution in the Argus II epiretinal implant.
Two of the main obstacles to the development of epiretinal prosthesis technology are electrodes that require current amplitudes above safety limits to reliably elicit percepts, and a failure to consistently elicit pattern vision. Here, we explored the causes of high current amplitude thresholds and poor spatial resolution within the Argus II epiretinal implant. We measured current amplitude thresholds and two-point discrimination (the ability to determine whether one or two electrodes had been stimulated) in 3 blind participants implanted with Argus II devices. Our data and simulations show that axonal stimulation, lift and retinal damage all play a role in reducing performance in the Argus 2, by either limiting sensitivity and/or reducing spatial resolution. Understanding the relative role of these various factors will be critical for developing and surgically implanting devices that can successfully subserve pattern vision.
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