retinal implant

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meaningsofretinalandimplant

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retinal
adjective
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/ˈret.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈret.ən.əl/
relating to the retina (= the area at the back of the eye that ...
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implant
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪm.plɑːnt/us
/ˈɪm.plænt/
an organ, group of cells, or device that has been put into the body in a ...
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(Definition ofretinalandimplantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Adequate stimulation devices will soon be available withretinalimplantprototypes.
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Minimally, a patient must have an intact ganglion cell layer in order to be a candidate for aretinalimplant.
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Current research now focuses on restoring some vision to persons who are blind through retinal implants.
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The team is also restoring vision to blind patients with an electronicretinalimplantwhich works on a similar principle of replacing the function of the light-sensing photoreceptor cells.
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The therapeutic uses of retinal implants are ethically uncontroversial.
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Cochlear and retinal implants, as well as hypocampus memory mediation chips in a rodent model, are recent examples.
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Future applications (still in the experimental phase) are retinal implants or brain implants.
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Retinal implants provide the user with low resolution images by electrically stimulating surviving retinal cells.
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The state of the art retinal implants incorporate 60-100 channels, which is sufficient for basic object discrimination and recognition tasks.
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In subjects with age-related macular degeneration, who may have intact peripheral vision, retinal implants could result in a hybrid form of vision.
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Other factors, including the amount of residual vision, overall health, and family commitment to rehabilitation, are also considered when determining candidates for retinal implants.
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There are also several neuroprosthetic devices that aim to restore vision, including retinal implants.
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Retinal implants are another form of cyborgization in medicine.
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Current prototypes of retinal implants are capable of providing low resolution, pixelated images.
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The optical nerve can be stimulated in order to create an image, or the visual cortex can be stimulated, although clinical tests have proven most successful for retinal implants.
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The clinical reports indicate that, even with low resolution, retinal implants are potentially useful in providing crude vision to individuals who otherwise would not have any visual sensation.
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