Bionic vision: System architectures - A review

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-48

  Guenther, Thomas ^a   Lovell, Nigel H ^a   Suaning, Gregg J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

bionic eye; blindness; electrical stimulation; neurostimulator; prosthesis; psychophysics; vision

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; NEUROSTIMULATOR; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INTERFACES (MATERIALS); TISSUE; VISION;

PROSTHETICS;

DYE; IRIDIUM; SILICONE;

3D STACKED RETINAL PROSTHESIS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIONIC VISION; BIONICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENCAPSULATION; EPIRETINAL DEVICE; EYE FIXATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE RETINAL IMPLANT; NANOFABRICATION; NEUROANATOMY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RETINA; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; SUBRETINAL PROSTHESIS; TISSUE INTERACTION; VISION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BIONICS; EYE; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 83155189999     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.11.58     Document Type: Review

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