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Artificial retina that includes a photovoltaic material layer including a titanium dioxide semiconductor

US9125734B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE · FR
UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG · FR

Inventors

Nicolas Keller · Strasbourg, FR
Pierre Bernhardt · Heiligenberg, FR
Michel Roux · Marnes-la-Coquette, FR
Anne Robe · Illkirch-Graffenstaden, FR
Shankar Muthukonda Venkatakrishnan · Darsi, IN
Serge Picaud · Avon, FR
Marc-Jacques Ledoux · Strasbourg, FR
Valerie Keller-Spitzer · Oberschaeffolsheim, FR
Thomas Cottineau · Strasbourg, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 7, 2010
Grant date	Sep 8, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 10, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/52
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An artificial retina that includes: (i) a substrate; (ii) a first layer, placed onto said substrate and including photovoltaic material portions separated by at least one insulating material portion; and (iii) a second layer, placed onto said first layer and including conductive material portions separated by at least one insulating material portion. In said artificial retina, the photovoltaic material includes a titanium dioxide semiconductor.

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