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University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center

Dr. Thiran Jayasundera, One of the surguns who preforms this surgury.

Site for all four implants

Anne Arbor

Roger Pontz

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Causes "Bare light blindness"

Gradual sight loss from light sensitive rods and cones which are retinal cells.

Inherited predisposition

Diagnosed as a teen, nearly totally blind for many years

Degenerative disease

Technology behind the "miracle"

Research and cost

Research has been going on twenty years, originating at Duke. Very expensive at almost 145,000$

Results

Most patients compare the improvement against the idea of being totally blind and are very pleased

Pontz was seeing glimpses of his wife, grandson and cat

The improvement was starteling for Pontz and his wife

This implant gives you flashes of light that may correspond to things around you

The technology has two physically seperate parts

Internal: Surgically implanted antennea and micro-chip

Micro-chip stimulates the retina

Signal goes to a micro-chip attached to the retina

Called a coil and goes around the eye

External:Specialized glasses

Video gets proccessed by the compute and sends it back to the glasses

the camera is wired to a small computer

Has camera in middle

Duke Eye Center

First such surgury in North Carolina state history

DR. Paul Hahn

Duke

Larry Hestor

Also has retinitis pigmentosa

Inherited (genetic) predisposition

Disease damages the retinal cells, the light sensitive rods and cones

Causes bare light blindness

Degemerative illness

Has been losing eye sight for 30 years