Experten begrüßen „bemerkenswerten“ Erfolg des elektronischen Implantats bei der Wiederherstellung der Sehkraft | Das Sehvermögen von 84 % der Menschen mit altersbedingter Makuladegeneration wurde nach der Implantation wiederhergestellt
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/20/experts-hail-remarkable-success-of-electronic-implant-in-restoring-sight
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From the article: An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential “new era” in tackling blindness.
Doctors who implanted the sim card-shaped prosthetic devices say they have helped many of the 38 elderly patients in the trial regain their ability to read letters, numbers and words.
“In the history of artificial vision, this represents a new era, said Mahi Muqit, a senior consultant at Moorfields eye hospital in London, one of the 17 sites involved.
“Blind patients are actually able to have meaningful central vision restoration, which has never been done before. Getting back the ability to read is a major improvement in their quality of life, lifts their mood and helps to restore their confidence and independence.”
The trial found 84% of participants were once again able to read letters, numbers and words after being fitted with the implant, called the Prima device.
Eye specialists hailed the results as “remarkable” and said the device could help people with the “dry” form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of sight loss in the over-50s.
Moorfields said: “The revolutionary new implant is the first ever device to enable people to read letters, numbers and words through an eye that had lost its sight.”
The 38 patients all had geographic atrophy with dry AMD, which over time progressively deprives someone of their sight and for which there is no treatment. Most people with the condition lose some of their central vision and in some cases it progresses to full sight loss as the cells in the macula die and the central macula melts away.
[Study](https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2501396?query=featured_home)
That’s Truly Incredible!
Amazing. Now I look forward to real-world application and access for people who need it, but aren’t rich.
Could this apply to myopic macular degeneration that affects younger people with severe myopia?
i find it not „remarkable“ but plain old remarkable.
Every 15 minutes, your vision will be interrupted with 3 minutes of unskippable ads. Certain features, such as loved ones‘ faces, sentimental situations, beautiful natural phenomenon such as rainbows and sunsets, or life milestones may be censored and only accessible to see through in-app purchases. If you’d like to continue having vision you will need to pay for a monthly subscription to sight.
The device will track purchases and the amount of time you spend looking at certain objects, and can gauge emotional engagement based on pupil dilation. This will help tailor your ad experience to a custom algorithm. Further developments intend to monitor REM sleep to use your thoughts and dreams to suggest new products.
A safety mechanism to track your exact location based on what you see and allow responders and the FBI to see through your eyes will be available in the future.
A recording feature available through the app can be used to preserve cherished visual experiences. Privacy is the company’s top priority. However, be aware that certain content will be flagged and all visual content is subject to subpoena requests. Anything you see can and will be used against you in a court of law.
Anyone super excited about this please check this story: https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete
No word on resolution. You can read, but how big do the letters have to be, and how may at a time can you see??