EXTRAOCULAR EPIRETINAL IMPLANT

摘要

The prosthesis has a simulation system for implantation in human eye (1) with an electrode array for contacting and simulating living tissue or nerve in a visual system of the eye. The simulation system produces simulation impulse using an electronic control unit. The simulating system has intraocular implants (6, 8) and extraocular implants (3, 4) that supply energy to the intraocular implants. A bidirectional inductive interface is provided for bidirectional data transmission with two separate transmission channels between the implants. An independent claim is also included for a method of operating a device for implantation in a human eye.