Blind patients have sight partially restored using brain implant

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Six blind people have had their sight partially restored using an implant which transmits video images to the brain

The technology, called Orion, has not been proven to work on those born unable to see.

The US team behind the study asked participants, each of whom has been completely blind for years, to look at a blacked-out computer screen and identify a white square appearing randomly at different locations on the monitor.Dr Daniel Yoshor led the study which has partially-restored sight in six trial participants

Dr Yoshor added:"For many years, we have been studying how the brain encodes visual information. When you think of vision, you think of the eyes, but most of the work is being done in the brain.

 

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