摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an eyesight regeneration assisting device facilitating the manufacturing of an electric circuit and favorably used in an eyesight regeneration assisting device of a type installing an intraocular implant device on the retina giving less damage on the retina. <P>SOLUTION: This eyesight regeneration assisting device is provided with the intraocular implant device installed on the retina of a patient's eye. The intraocular implant device is provided with a base composed of a transparent material with light transmissiveness and installed on the retina, a light receiving means provided on the surface opposite to the light receiving face of the base and receiving a light flux transmitting through the light receiving face of the base, a signal conversion means provided on the same installation face to that of the light receiving means provided on the base and converting the photocurrent output from the light receiving means into a prescribed stimulus pulse signal, and electrodes provided on the same installation face to that of the light receiving means provided on the base and outputting the stimulus pulse signal, which is obtained from the signal conversion means, to the cell comprising the retina as the electric stimulus. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI |