Interim Results from the International Trial of Second Sight's Visual Prosthesis

• Published in: Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Vol. 119; no. 4; pp. 779 - 788
• Main Authors: Humayun, Mark S., Dorn, Jessy D., da Cruz, Lyndon, Dagnelie, Gislin, Sahel, José-Alain, Stanga, Paulo E., Cideciyan, Artur V., Duncan, Jacque L., Eliott, Dean, Filley, Eugene, Ho, Allen C., Santos, Arturo, Safran, Avinoam B., Arditi, Aries, Del Priore, Lucian V., Greenberg, Robert J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.04.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Blindness - physiopathology; Blindness - rehabilitation; Electric Stimulation Therapy - instrumentation; Electrodes, Implanted; Feasibility Studies; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Microelectrodes; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Ophthalmology; Prospective Studies; Retina - surgery; Retinal Degeneration - physiopathology; Retinal Degeneration - rehabilitation; Sclera - surgery; Sclerostomy; Sensory Thresholds; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Visual Acuity - physiology; Visual Perception - physiology; Visual Prosthesis; Vitrectomy; Prosthesis; Ophthalmology

This study evaluated the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System (Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Sylmar, CA) in blind subjects with severe outer retinal degeneration. Single-arm, prospective, multicenter clinical trial. Thirty subjects were enrolled in the United States and Europe between June 6, 2...