Technology is good for many things that we use in everyday life, but when it comes to health, it can be extremely useful, including saving people, or giving them back what they have lost. Today we are talking about a new type of revolutionary implant that can restore sight to those who have gone blind, researchers discovering that stimulation of the optic nerve can restore vision to a level as close as possible to the original one.
Unlike other similar discoveries in the field of medicine, this one does not require the existence of a functional optic nerve, and helps people see complex images, not just simple ones. Everything is possible because this new technique involves connecting the implant directly to the brain, eliminating the connection with the optic nerve, which is still stimulated, but vision is restored by connecting directly to the brain, without any intermediary.
This Implant can RESTORE SIGHT to People who are BLIND
OpticSELINE is the name of this revolutionary implant, it contains 12 electrodes that transmit electric current to the visual cortex of the brain, and so the person can see everything around him again. Of course, a special software was needed to decode the signals sent by the brain, and each of the electrodes sends a special pattern of information to the brain, so that the organ thinks that it receives information from the eyes.
"We believe that intraneural stimulation can be a valuable solution for several neuroprosthetic devices for sensory and motor functional restoration. The translational potentials of this approach are indeed extremely promising. Patients had a difficult time interpreting the stimulation because they kept seeing something different. Moreover, they probably have limited selectivity because they have recruited superficial fibers."
The optic nerve can be specifically stimulated to send information to the brain and help restore vision for people, the whole technique being very complex, but apparently with a very high potential for success. Future implants will have up to 6 times more electrodes to be able to restore vision to a certain extent for humans, so a lot of tests are still needed before the implant can be declared a success.
Even so, its mere existence represents an extremely important innovation to restore to people a sense as important as sight.
