Artificial retina
First Claim
Patent Images
1. An artificial retina sized to be implantable in a human eye having a retina, said artificial retina comprising:
- a detector element;
a fiber optic element for directing incoming visible light of a particular intensity to said detector element, said detector element emitting an output signal as a function of the intensity of the incoming visible light; and
a coupler for coupling the output signal of said detector element to the retina;
wherein said artificial retina is fully implantable in the eye.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention is an artificial retina system that is sufficiently small so as to be fully implantable in the human eye. The artificial retina system comprises an array of artificial retinas. Each artificial retina comprises a detector element; a fiber optic element for directing incoming visible light of a particular intensity to said detector element, said detector element emitting an output signal as a function of the intensity of the incoming visible light; and a coupler for coupling the output signal of said detector element to the retina.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. An artificial retina sized to be implantable in a human eye having a retina, said artificial retina comprising:
-
a detector element; a fiber optic element for directing incoming visible light of a particular intensity to said detector element, said detector element emitting an output signal as a function of the intensity of the incoming visible light; and a coupler for coupling the output signal of said detector element to the retina; wherein said artificial retina is fully implantable in the eye. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. An artificial retina system sized to be implantable in a human eye having a retina, said artificial retina system comprising:
an array of artificial retinas, conneated together wherein each artificial retina comprises; a detector element; a fiber optic element for directing incoming visible light of a particular intensity to said detector element, said detector element emitting an output signal as a function of the intensity of the incoming visible light; and a coupler for coupling the output signal of said detector element to the retina. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
Specification