A new study at the University of Sydney has showcased promising results for a new bionic eye. A team of biomedical students at the university developed the device. After three months of studying ...

Researchers at Monash University in Australia have developed the world’s first bionic eye, the Gennaris Bionic Vision System, offering a revolutionary solution for treating blindness.

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The world’s first implant of a bionic eye has been carried out by a University of Manchester academic. Professor Paulo Stanga led the four hour operation on pensioner Ray Flynn at the Manchester Royal ...

“Mr. Flynn’s progress is truly remarkable,” Paulo Stanga, the ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital who led the operation, told BBC News. “I think this could be ...

A developer of a 'bionic eye' that restores vision in blind people ... programme launched in July for speeding up the approval of new devices from 'trusted' companies. Similar to Orion's EAP ...

The first glasses in the world, it seems, were created some 700 years ago. It's taken until this year, 2014, for patients to receive the first FDA-approved bionic eyes. This breakthrough comes via ...

The bionic eye works by converting images from a tiny camera mounted on a pair of glasses into a grid of 16 electrical signals that transmit directly to the nerve endings in the retina.

Her bionic eye is taxing to use ... The devices also show that patients can learn to interpret new presentations of visual stimuli. In addition, MacLaren says, the implants show that “there ...