Eye implant that restores vision lost to age approved for use
This is the first time that such a device – which enables people with a type of severe vision loss to read letters, numbers and words – has been approved anywhere in the world. “We’ve had patients who could recognise the face of the Queen and others who’ve drawn the Sydney Opera House through the device,” says Darius Shahida at Science Corporation in Alameda, California, the company behind the implant. Read more Resuscitated human retinas respond to light 10 hours after death Called the PRIMA implant, the device restores functional central vision – the straight-ahead sight required to see fine details and read words – in people with geographic atrophy.
- ▪This is the first time that such a device – which enables people with a type of severe vision loss to read letters, numbers and words – has been approved anywhere in the world.
- ▪“We’ve had patients who could recognise the face of the Queen and others who’ve drawn the Sydney Opera House through the device,” says Darius Shahida at Science Corporation in Alameda, California, the company behind the implant.
- ▪Read more Resuscitated human retinas respond to light 10 hours after death Called the PRIMA implant, the device restores functional central vision – the straight-ahead sight required to see fine details and read words – in people with geogr
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Health Eye implant that restores vision lost to age approved for useAn eye implant and a pair of high-tech glasses that enable people with a severe form of vision loss to read have been approved for use by a European regulator By Oluoma Aneke 27 July 2026 Facebook Threads X / Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn Reddit Email Print The implant is about the size of a pinhead and is inserted beneath the retinaScience Corporation A retinal implant that partly restores sight in people with a common form of blindness has been approved for use in Europe. This is the first time that such a device – which enables people with a type of severe vision loss to read letters, numbers and words – has been approved anywhere in the world.
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