Restoring Sight to the Blind with an Artificial Retina

摘要

Millions of people worldwide suffer from ocular diseases that degrade the retina, the light-processing component of the eye. As the population continues to age, the number of Americans blinded by age-related macular degeneration and inherited retinal disorders such as retinitis pigmentosa will increase. A retinal prosthesis can be used to treat blindness caused by these diseases. However, no company in the world has obtained regulatory approval to market a retinal prosthesis.