Testing of semichronically implanted retinal prosthesis by suprachoroidal-transretinal stimulation in patients with retinitis pigmentosa

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4726-4733

  Fujikado, Takashi ^a   Kamei, Motohiro ^a   Sakaguchi, Hirokazu ^a   Kanda, Hiroyuki ^a   Morimoto, Takeshi ^a   Ikuno, Yasushi ^a   Nishida, Kentaro ^a   Kishima, Haruhiko ^a   Maruo, Tomoyuki ^a   Konoma, Kunihiko ^b   Ozawa, Motoki ^b   Nishida, Kohji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nidek Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA PROSTHESIS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; CHOROID; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTRODE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

AGED; CHOROID; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 80052389011     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6836     Document Type: Article

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