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JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages S129-S134Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/2/1/014
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- IIP Technologies Bonn, Germany
- European Community (Healthy Aims Project) [001837]
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This paper reports on methods and technical equipment to investigate the epiretinal stimulation of the retina in blind human subjects in acute trials. Current is applied to the retina through a thin, flexible microcontact film (microelectrode array) with electrode diameters ranging from 50 to 360 mu m. The film is mounted in a custom-designed surgical tool that is hand-held by the surgeon during stimulation. The eventual goal of the work is the development of a chronically implantable retinal prosthesis to restore a useful level of vision to patients who are blind with outer retinal degenerations, specifically retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration.
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