Blind is a curse and eyesight is blessing. Patients with hereditary disease become blind mostly. Retinitis pigmentosa is form of such diseases. Patients feel their vision blurred and crackled. Images feel distorted and signals does not translate perfectly into objects in mind. Japanese Bionic eye is a perfect surgery solution for such cases.
Receptor of Bionic eye is a woman of age around 72 years. Her name is kept under cover due to privacy issues. Surgery is completed in a Eye Surgical Center of Hawaii. Patient was blind since last two years due to hereditary disease. She is poor and cannot afford the high costs of this eye operations.
Whole operation is overlooked by experts specially Dr. Gregg Kokame. He was there for long four hours surgery of patient. This procedure is patent of Dr. Mark Humayan who is main person to manufacturing Bionic eye. Medication and surgery costs is around $144,000. Medicare foundation paid costs of this operation.
Biotechnology has been main focus of development for betterment of humans. Bionic arms, bionic legs are being developed that work under thoughts of patients. Mechanical arms move when thoughts are sent from mind to it. It was huge development to be able to translate thoughts into movements.
Dr. Mark developed Bionic Eye with a digital camera to work in real time in connected mode with brain. A microchip is inserted that processes signals and transforms from one form to other. A radio transmitter, radio receiver and retinal implant finally. All these parts together help impaired vision to be partially recovered.
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Receptor of Bionic eye is a woman of age around 72 years. Her name is kept under cover due to privacy issues. Surgery is completed in a Eye Surgical Center of Hawaii. Patient was blind since last two years due to hereditary disease. She is poor and cannot afford the high costs of this eye operations.
Whole operation is overlooked by experts specially Dr. Gregg Kokame. He was there for long four hours surgery of patient. This procedure is patent of Dr. Mark Humayan who is main person to manufacturing Bionic eye. Medication and surgery costs is around $144,000. Medicare foundation paid costs of this operation.
Biotechnology has been main focus of development for betterment of humans. Bionic arms, bionic legs are being developed that work under thoughts of patients. Mechanical arms move when thoughts are sent from mind to it. It was huge development to be able to translate thoughts into movements.
Dr. Mark developed Bionic Eye with a digital camera to work in real time in connected mode with brain. A microchip is inserted that processes signals and transforms from one form to other. A radio transmitter, radio receiver and retinal implant finally. All these parts together help impaired vision to be partially recovered.
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