The Argus® II Retinal Prosthesis System

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2016, Pages 89-107

  Luo, Yvonne Hsu Lin ^a,b   da Cruz, Lyndon ^a,b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial retina; Retinal dystrophy; Retinal prosthesis; Retinitis pigmentosa; Visual prosthesis

Indexed keywords

CHOROID DETACHMENT; CHOROIDAL EFFUSION; CONJUNCTIVAL DEHISCENCE; CONJUNCTIVAL EROSION; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPOTONY; DEVICE SAFETY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINAL IMPLANT; RETINAL TACK DISLOCATION; REVIEW; SIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ANIMAL; BLINDNESS; DEVICES; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROTHERAPY; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETINAL DISEASES; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATORS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETINAL DISEASES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84955322229     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: 18731635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2015.09.003     Document Type: Review

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