Bionic eyes gave people the opportunity to read

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Today, there are already that can help people that have lost a particular sense organ. The simplest example — these are different types of hearing AIDS that allow people once again to hear sounds and speech. However, with the organ of vision, all is not so rosy. At least it was until today, because in France for the first time successfully tested a bionic eye has restored sight to patients with macular dystrophy.

What is macular degeneration

In General, macular degeneration — a group of diseases (because there are different forms of pathology), at which the defeat and death of photoreceptors in the retina. Or rather, its Central area. First, due to the lack of blood vision patients is deteriorating, and then altogether disappears. Age-related macular degeneration is one of the most frequent causes of blindness in the elderly.

How to restore vision

According to the editorial of New Scientist, the Paris-based company Pixium Vision recently tested a bionic eye on a group of volunteers, consisting of five people. By itself, the bionic eye is a fairly simply arranged system. The main component of the eye is a microchip that is installed behind the retina. Also in the optic nerve of the patient , who is able to capture visual digital signals and transmit them to the optic nerve to the brain have it processed and transferred to the image. The last part of the devices are smart glasses fitted with a camera.

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It Works this way: the camera captures the image, translates it into infrared signals that are transmitted are processed by the microchip, then the information is transmitted to the implant, and since it has on the optic nerve. This allows blind .

In the experiment, bionic eyes, all five people were able to see and distinguish the outlines of objects, people's faces and the atmosphere in the room. Moreover, three of the five were even able to identify the letters written in the newspaper and decided to read.

According to Pixium Vision, to make the installation of such implants are available for a wide range of persons need around five years. During this time, scientists still need to better elaborate its technology.

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