The device, called the Argus II and developed by Los Angeles-based medical device company Second Sight Medical Products, is already available in Europe. It implants electrodes in the retina of visually-impaired persons suffering from retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration, and uses video-capturing glasses to send images to the brain.
Second Sight has spent $200 million developing the product, half of which came from investors and the rest through federal grants.
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