D Besch, H Sachs, P Szurman, D Gülicher, R Wilke, … - British Medical …, 2008 - bjo.bmj.com Methods: Seven volunteers with retinitis pigmentosa received an active subretinal implant; energy
was supplied by gold wires on a trans-sclerally, transchoroidally implanted polyimide foil leading
to the lateral orbital rim where it was fixated and connected to a silicone cable. The cable ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - All 9 versions
JA Zhou, SJ Woo, SI Park, ET Kim, JM Seo, H Chung … - J. Biomed. …, 2008 - hindawi.com This article reports on a retinal stimulation system for long-term use in animal electrical stimulation
experiments. The presented system consisted of an implantable stimulator which provided continuous
electrical stimulation, and an external component which provided preset stimulation ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - Cached - All 9 versions
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cells. This study examines the effects of material coatings and 3-dimensional geometries of subretinal
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Y Terasawa, A Uehara, E Yonezawa, T Saitoh, K … - IEICE Electronics …, 2008 - J-STAGE Abstract: A visual prosthesis is an artificial sensory organ that transmits visual information to a
blind person by electrically stimu- lating residual neurons in the visual nervous system. Such
a system requires a large number of stimulating electrodes: It is technically dif- ficult to ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - All 2 versions
H Sailer, K Shinoda, G Blatsios, K Kohler, L … - Graefe's Archive for …, 2007 - Springer Abstract Background Retinal implants are intended to replace photo- receptors in patients suffering
from degenerative retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa. Data show that photodiodes
in subretinal implants are not powerful enough to stimulate overlying retinal tissue by ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
S Outcome - members.medscape.com Due to the experience from surgical trials in animals and human cadavers, the surgical procedure
provided no major difficulties. The procedure of subperiostal implantation from the retro-auricular
space to the orbital rim using the trocar proved to be easily controllable in all cases. In ... Related articles
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TL Siu, JW Morley - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2008 - Elsevier A visual prosthesis is an experimental device designed to activate residual functional neurons
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