Switzerland successfully performs artificial retinal chip implants
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Last Update: 2020-07-04
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the University of GenevaHospitalsuccessfully implanted an artificial retina chip for a blind person, Swiss-French television
reported wednesdayof the University of Geneva'sHospital saidsurgery was carried out on the 11th of this month,with the assistance of U.Sand French doctors,the blind man who had the chip implanted well after surgeryThe surgeon saidit was important forto "home" the chip in the eyes of the human being and to remain stable for several yearsThe principle of an artificial retina chip is to send images taken by a blind eyecamera camera to transmit pulsed signals to the chip, stimulating the retina and sending image information to the brain The University Hospital of Geneva said the next step was to observe the brain of the implanted chip after receiving image information, and if the surgery worked well, blind people could obtain a basic vision that could roughly identify objects
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