Israeli Company Develops Bionic Retina Implant

[Nagishkaw 510]

(IsraelNN.com) An Israeli company is featured in the Wall Street Journal for restoring the sight of patients who have lost vision due to disease.

Herzliya-based Nano Retina has developed a two-part system to replace the function of a retina which has been damaged by macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and other diseases. Called Bio-Retina, the device consists of an implant and set of glasses which coordinate to restore lost sight. The operation to install the electrode-laden implant takes a mere half hour under local anesthetic.

The bionic implant does the work of the eye's photoreceptors, which normally turn light into electrical signals sent to the brain. The Bio-Retina transforms the light into the electrical signals, which then travel to the brain.

The Bio-Retina is activated by a tiny infrared laser inserted in the glasses, which can also serve as corrective lenses. For now, Bio-Retina works in gray-scale, but is expected to be developed for color vision. It is currently estimated at $60,000.

Nano Retina may begin tests on U.S. patients in 2013, thanks to a grant by U.S.-Israel industrial cooperation group Bi-National R&D Foundation, according to the Journal.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/136560

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Now they can bring Lee Majors out of retirement!

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

The jews made the desert bloom and gave sight to the blind. Gooooo Israel!!

[scandal 951]

The jews made the desert bloom and gave sight to the blind. Gooooo Israel!!

We also make a mean kosher pickle and pastrami sandwich.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

We also make a mean kosher pickle and pastrami sandwich.

heck yeah!!

[Niels Bohr 72]

Old news. I read this last year.

[scandal 951]

Old news. I read this last year.

That's nice. Would you like a cookie?

[Nagishkaw 510]

That's nice. Would you like a cookie Wookie?

Fixx0red.

[mawilson 2,133]

Any breakthroughs from the Arab nations in the region?

[Niels Bohr 72]

Actually,

This was in the research phase back a few months ago in Israel. It is originally a breakthrough in Israel, not in the US. I read this in IEEE Spectrum.