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Argus II bionic eyes Following approximately twenty-over years worth of research, development and trials, and an EU-approval in 2011,  Second Sight Medical Products was granted US approval from the FDA for the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System . The Argus II is the 1st bionic eye implant to treat advanced Retinitis Pigmentosa , a degenerative eye disease that usually results in nearly complete blindness. The bionic eye includes a tiny camera, a transmitter which is mounted on a pair of glasses, a Video Processing Unit (VPU) and a retinal prosthesis ( artificial retina ). The Argus II bionic eye is able to effectively replace the degenerated cells in the patient's retina and lets the patient see shapes and movement. Images captured by the camera are transformed into data that is then transmitted wireless to the retinal prosthesis. However, the vision you get from the Argus II bionic eyes is certainly not comparable with regular sight. The Argus II has 60 electrodes implanted in t...

How does a bionic eye work? One day in the past, bionic eyes  were popularly thought to be the creation of the world of science fiction. Nowadays though many consortia of scientists, eye-specialists and tech-companies are developing bionic eyes for real. Medi-tech (medical technology) experts in Germany have recently developed a nano-chip that helps regain the sight of potentially hundreds of thousands of blind and severely visually impaired people or those with developing degenerative eye diseases such as Retinitis Pigmentosa . Bionic eye of the future In Australia, the "cyber-eye" is being developed and in the United Kingdom, a 48-electrode bionic eye has meanwhile been approved for the European market. The US has now as well followed suir with the approval of a 80 electrode bionic eye. As we move ever closer to real satisfactory bionic eye implants, those that allow us to see in great detail ( focus vision ) as well as spacial vision, bionic eyes become more and more inter...