In a safety and feasibility trial of a cortical visual prosthesis, researchers observed progressive recovery of natural vision in a patient with complete blindness caused by irreversible optic nerve ...

Vivani Medical subsidiary Cortigent announced the results of a study evaluating its Orion visual cortical prosthesis system.

Abstract: In multiple vision-demanding tasks, accurately controlling a prosthetic hand to approach a target object is particularly challenging for amputees, as visual attention diverted by other tasks ...

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have become the first to fully characterize cell activity from a little relay station in the center of the human brain. This aids our ...

According to @ai_darpa, Neuralink is advancing its AI-powered brain-computer interface technology with its latest project, Blindsight, aiming to restore vision even for individuals born blind or ...

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience become the first to fully characterize cell activity from a little relay station in the centre of the human brain. This aids our understanding ...

Blindness affects millions of people worldwide and severely limits their independence, daily functioning, and overall quality of life. In Spain, the prevalence of blindness is estimated at 0.17% , ...

Visual prosthesis that applies electrical stimulation to restore functional vision has a promising prospect. However, visual percepts generated by current visual prosthesis are low resolution with ...

Blindness profoundly affects people’s lives. Around the world, several laboratories — including the Biomedical Neuroengineering Lab at Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) — are developing ...

There are a few notable tech inventions that have changed the medical industry forever. From the use of AI for disease detection to 3D printing biomedical implants and drugs, advances in modern ...

Samsara Vision, a company focused on bringing vision and freedom back to patients with late-stage, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) through advanced visual prosthetic devices, today announced ...