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A Neuralink Rival Says Its Eye Implant Restored Vision in Blind People
A retinal implant allowed some people who lost their central vision to read, play cards, and recognize faces.
But after receiving an experimental eye implant as part of a clinical trial, some study participants can now see well enough to read from a book, play cards, and fill in a crossword puzzle despite being legally blind. The trial enrolled people with geographic atrophy, an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, that causes gradual loss of central vision. “Of the various chip implant technologies that have been tried over time, this is the one that seems like it has some legs to it,” says Sunir Garg, an ophthalmologist at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia and a clinical spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology who wasn’t involved with the Prima study.
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