Subretinal microelectrode arrays implanted into blind retinitis pigmentosa patients allow recognition of letters and direction of thin stripes

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 444-447

  Zrenner, E ^a   Wilke, R ^a   Sachs, H ^b   Bartz Schmidt, K U ^a   Gekeler, F ^a   Besch, D ^a   Benav, H ^a   Bruckmann, A ^a   Greppmaier, U ^c   Harscher, A ^c   Kibbel, S ^c   Kusnyerik, A ^d   Peters, T ^e   Porubska K ^a   Stett, A ^f   Wilhelm, B ^e   Wrobel, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

^c Retina Implant AG   (Germany)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e STC Autonomous Nervous System and Safety Studies   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial vision; Blindness; Electrode arrays; Retinal prosthesis; Subretinal implants

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER VISION; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; LUMINANCE; MICROELECTRODES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PROSTHETICS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; VISION; WELL STIMULATION;

BLINDNESS; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; MULTI-ELECTRODE DEVICES; RECOGNITION THRESHOLD; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINAL PROSTHESIS; SUBRETINAL IMPLANTS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS;

MEDICAL PHYSICS;

EID: 77950422150     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03889-1_119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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