Device and method for production of visual sensations by optic nerve stimulation
US6442431B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 17, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 17, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/36046
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and device for producing visual sensations within blind persons includes installing a self-sizing spiral nerve cuff electrode about the optic nerve of a blind person then transmitting electrical pulses to the nerve to generate phosphenes within the patient's visual field.
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