Artificial retina device with stimulating and ground return electrodes disposed on opposite sides of the neuroretina and method of attachment
AssigneeIMI Intelligent Medical Implants AG
InventorsAlan Y. Chow, Vincent Y. Chow
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Abstract
An artificial retina device to electrically stimulate a neuroretina of an eye to produce artificial vision, the artificial retina device comprising: an electrical source; at least one stimulating electrode connected with the electrical source; and at least one ground return electrode connected with the electrical source, wherein the stimulating electrode and ground return electrode are configured to be disposed within the eye on opposite sides of the neuroretina.
Claims1
An artificial retina device to electrically stimulate a neuroretina of an eye to produce artificial vision, the artificial retina device comprising:
- an electrical source;
- at least one stimulating electrode connected with the electrical source;
- and at least one ground return electrode connected with the electrical source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.