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Integration of technology and neuroscience has made it feasible to impart vision to the people suffering from blindness. Scientists around the world are attempting to make use of the principles of neurotechnology and other fields of sciences to be able to develop devices that may mimic the human eye to ensure that blind people can be benefited.
Described here are some important innovations that have been made in el born area and how neurotechnology helps blindness.
1. Eye-pod: This can be a device that's been developed by Neurotech, a Rhode Island based biotech firm. Utilizing their proprietary Encapsulated Cell Technology, scientists and engineers only at that institute came out with a porous membrane that's filled with genetically modified human retinal cells able to secreting a protein known as ciliary neurotrophic factor. This proteins are known to protect the eye. This product has to be surgically implanted in to the eye.
2. Another major innovation developed by engineers and scientists at Optobionics, Illinois, is a sensory device or perhaps a chip that may be surgically implanted into the eye. This product is based on the thought of integrating electronics into the human body. Known as Artificial Silicon Retina (ASR), this product is really a 2mm wide silicon chip containing thousand of photovoltaic solar panels. These cells are capable of converting external light into electric currents which are able to stimulating retinal cells in the eye.
3. Second Sight is another biotech firm located in California. Scientists only at that organization allow us an electrode array that when implanted within the eye captures images by way of its small camera. These images are then processed and used in the electronic implant device present in the attention. This product then electronically energizes the retina.
