Physicians and scientists of the Scientific-clinical center of otorhinolaryngology of FMBA of Russia implanted cyberattack in the eyes of the blind patient, which is due in a month again to see.
To implant used the bionic eye Argus II, developed by American scientists in 2011. It consists of cyberattack alone, or with electrodes, special glasses with built-in cameras and PDAs, which converts the signals and sends them to the brain. This development allows blind people see black, white lines and large letters, reports RIA Novosti.
The operation lasted about four hours, it was attended by the developers of the “eye” from the company Second Sight. To see the patient can not immediately. First you need to wait until the implant is accustomed, and only then, if all goes well, the eye will try to include — this will not happen until two to three weeks.
This is Russia’s first operation of this kind, but in the near future the specialists are going to hold another one. At the moment they are busy looking for a suitable candidate. Unfortunately, finding the right patient is quite difficult, so the doctors believe that the operation will take place not earlier than in a month.
Russian scientists have implanted a “bionic eye” to the patient
Vyacheslav Larionov