Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1997-05-19
1999-02-02
Jastrzab, Jeffrey R.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
623 4, A61N 105, A61F 214
Patent
active
058658394
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is an artificial retina system that is sufficiently small so as to be fully implantable in the human eye. The artificial retina system comprises an array of artificial retinas. Each artificial retina comprises a detector element; a fiber optic element for directing incoming visible light of a particular intensity to said detector element, said detector element emitting an output signal as a function of the intensity of the incoming visible light; and a coupler for coupling the output signal of said detector element to the retina.
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