Safety and Efficacy of a Surgically Implanted Suprachoroidal Retinal Prosthesis (Bionic Eye)

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1082358

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A bionic eye is a electronic device which can stimulate the remaining visual pathway in a person who is blind, to restore some basic vision. Our team have previously shown that our novel bionic eye device can be safely implanted in a patient, and can give improvements in vision when tested in a laboratory environment. The next stage of the research is to provide patients with a more advanced device, which will contain more electrodes and also be able to be taken home.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,233,826.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ophthalmology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

blindness | prosthesis | rehabilitation | surgery | vision loss

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