Stimulation with a wireless intraocular epiretinal implant elicits visual percepts in blind humans

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 449-455

  Klauke, Susanne ^a   Goertz, Michael ^b   Rein, Stefan ^c   Hoehl, Dirk ^c   Thomas, Uwe ^c,d   Eckhorn, Reinhard ^a   Bremmer, Frank ^a   Wachtler, Thomas ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c Thomas RECORDING GmbH   (Germany)

^d EpiRet GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR EPIRETINAL IMPLANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTRODE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETINA; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLINDNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79952270880     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4410     Document Type: Article

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