An implantable bionic eye is about to be trialled in Australia
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The future is now. Scientists in Australia are getting ready to begin trialling a fully implantable bionic eye in patients with poor vision.
The Phoenix 99, which has been developed by scientists at the University of New South Wales, works through nerve stimulation. A small incision is made in the eye (that made us shudder, too) and then a high-tech chip is fully inserted, something that was previously not possible.
Image signals are captured by special cameras in a pair of glasses worn by the patient, which stimulates the nerve cells in the retina and sends signals to the visual cortex of the brain.
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Bit lost? Watch the excited scientists explain it for themselves below:
It’s reportedly already been successfully tested by a team of experts so it’s looking good for patients who suffer from retinitis pigmentosa – one of the leading causes of blindness in younger people.
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