Clinical trial of a suprachoroidal visual prosthesis for the profoundly vision impaired

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1109056

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

For 15 years we have been designing a bionic eye. We have made a device called the Phoenix99 and shown in short term animal tests that it is both safe to implant but also that it potentially performs better than any other device in the world. We are requesting funds to complete longer term animal testing of the device and then commence a small human clinical trial to demonstrate the benefits of the technology – specifically that it is able to help blind people navigate without assistance.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2020

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,098,802.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Vision Science

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

biomedical engineering | blindness | retinitis pigmentosa | surgery | visual function

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