European specialists have developed an innovative artificial intelligence-powered eye implant called PRIMA, which can restore lost vision and help people learn to read again. This device restores central vision in patients suffering from geographic atrophy, a progressive retinal disease that leads to vision loss.
According to Interesting Engineering, the results of clinical trials conducted by scientists from University College London (UCL) and Moorfields Hospital showed impressive results: 84% of study participants were able to recognize letters, numbers, and even entire words after implantation.
The study involved 38 patients from 17 medical institutions located in five countries, including the UK. All of them had lost central vision in one eye due to dry AMD, which gradually destroys the retinal photoreceptors.
Experts estimate that over five million people worldwide suffer from this disease. The PRIMA implant became the first device to allow people to regain reading ability in an eye that had completely lost sight.
“This is the beginning of a new era in the history of artificial vision,” emphasized Mahi Mukit, Associate Professor at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Principal Consultant at Moorfields Hospital.
As a reminder, we previously reported that scientists had developed the first “elixir of youth.”
To be continued…
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