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Emory Eye Center offers Argus II ® retinal prosthesis system

(ATLANTA) Emory Eye Center is taking a leading role in providing sight restoration to patients in the Southeast and the country. It joins a handful of eye institutions now offering innovative technology that allows a previously blind patient to “see.” The artificial vision allows the patient to see brightness and shapes, thereby providing enhanced navigation of the patient’s environment and help with day-to-day activities. Emory Eye implanted its first patient in December, the 14th such surgery in the United States. The Argus II ® device was FDA approved in 2013. This post-approval trial at Emory, along with those at other locations in the country, will enable researchers and clinicians to further the development of sight restoration. The prosthetic system is designed for those over 25 years of age with severe retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and minimal or no light perception. The device provides electrical stimulation of the retina to induce visual perception in blind patients, bypassing damaged photoreceptors. Thus far, the device is only available to viable candidates who have advanced RP. http://www.eyecenter.emory.edu/press_... Executive Producer: Joy Bell, director, Public Relations, Emory Eye Center, Emory University, Atlanta GA 30322 USA Video by Damon Meharg, Assistant Director, Media Relations, and Multi-Platform Journalist, Health Sciences Communications, Emory University, Atlanta GA 30322.