The Bionic Eye…a new vision of the future

Domenico Parisi – 857273Paolo Quartarone – 859724 Ca’ Foscari –Scientific Pole

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Topics

What is the bionic eye

How it is made (Alpha-IMS)

How it is made (Argus II)

How you can see

Argus II & Alpha-IMS

Clinic issues

Goals

Recap

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What is the bionic eye

It is a device that allows to those who are blind, exclusively due to a retinitis pigmentosaadvanced stage or of a choroideremia, to

partially recover the central vision.

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How it is made (Alpha-IMS)

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How it is made (Argus II)

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How you can see

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Argus II Alpha-IMS

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Argus II vs Alpha-IMS

Clinics Issues

Serious side effects related to the surgery (37,7%)

Reduction ocular pression (13,3%)

Conjunctival erosion (13,3%)

Endophthalmitis (10%)

Conjunctival dehiscence (10%)

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Goals

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Improve resolution & Introductcolor

Improve the case where ispossible install it & Decrease

clinic issues

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Recap

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_prosthesis

http://www.iapb.it/news2.php?ozim=54

http://giornale.uici.it/occhio-bionico-tecnologie-a-confronto-di-angelo-mombelli/

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