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artificial eye
(redirected from Artificial retina)

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artificial eye,
a prosthetic device resembling the anterior surface of a normal eyeball. It is fitted under the upper and lower eyelid of an eye that has been removed.


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Type of Business: Developer of artificial retina, not yet on market
Shoei Kataoka of the Sharp Corporation in Nara, Japan, reports in the IEEE ELECTROTECHNOLOGY REVIEW 1986 on his own and others' recent work on using three-dimensional integrated circuits for "intelligent' artificial retinas.
This advanced artificial retina technology holds promise for providing even better detailed vision than the original device," says Stephen Rose, Ph.
 
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