Experimental implantation and long-term testing of an intraocular vision aid in rabbits

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 964-969

  Szurman, Peter ^a   Warga, Max ^a   Roters, Sigrid ^b   Grisanti, Salvatore ^a   Heimann, Uta ^b   Aisenbrey, Sabine ^a   Rohrbach, Jens M ^a   Sellhaus, Bernd ^c   Ziemssen, Focke ^a   Bartz Schmidt, Karl U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL OXIDE; SILICONE; BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; DEVICE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS; LENS IMPLANTATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUAL AID; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; ANIMAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; VISION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MICROELECTRODES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RABBITS; RETINA; SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSORY AIDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISION;

EID: 22844450171     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.7.964     Document Type: Article

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