Subretinal visual implants;Subretinale visuelle Implantate

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 227, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 940-945

  Stingl, Katarina ^a   Greppmaier, U ^b   Wilhelm, B ^c   Zrenner, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Retina Implant AG   (Germany)

^c STZ Eyetrial at the Centre for Ophthalmology   (Germany)

Author keywords

blindness; hereditary retinal degenerations; neuroprosthetics; subretinal implant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DIODE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; POWER SUPPLY; RETINA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SUBRETINAL VISUAL IMPLANT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

BLINDNESS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETINA; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 78650010702     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245830     Document Type: Article

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