U-M Kellog Eye Center implants first bionic eye

<Insert Bionic Man sound effects here> Last month surgeons at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center implanted the very first bionic eye in patients with late stage Retinitis Pigmentosa. Excerpt: "The device is implanted in one eye. The patient wears glasses with a camera that converts images into electrical pulses that go to the retina. It won't completely restore a person's vision, but it's giving people who can't see some hope." Read or watch the rest here.

<Insert Bionic Man sound effects here> Last month surgeons at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center implanted the very first bionic eye in patients with late stage Retinitis Pigmentosa.

Excerpt:

“The device is implanted in one eye. The patient wears glasses with a camera that converts images into electrical pulses that go to the retina.

It won’t completely restore a person’s vision, but it’s giving people who can’t see some hope.”

Read or watch the rest here.

U-M Kellog Eye Center implants first bionic eye

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