Development of an epiretinal prosthesis for stimulation of the human retina;Entwicklung einer epiretinalen prothese zur stimulation der humanen netzhaut

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 688-691

  Feucht, M ^a   Laube, T ^b   Bornfeld, N ^b   Walter, P ^c   Velikay Parel, M ^d   Hornig, R ^e   Richard, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e IIP Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epiretinal prosthesis; Intraocular retinal encoder; Retinal degeneration; Retinal stimulator; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CILIARY DISK; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROSTHESIS; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DISEASE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VITRECTOMY;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; SENSORY AIDS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 23944487226     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-005-1186-6     Document Type: Article

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