A discussion about key issues in retinal prosthesis / 生物医学工程学杂志

ABSTRACT

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are two predominant causes of visual deterioration. Retinal prosthesis embeds a micro-electric chip or a micro-photoelectric diode array in the sub-retina or epi-retina, which is used to stimulate the remainder of inner retina, so as to restore some degree of sight. Retinal prosthesis has attracted most attention in the field of artificial visual function recovery, and along with deep-going research, many issues need to be resolved. In this paper, the theory of retinal prosthesis and the status quo of research in many countries are introduced, the key issues which influence the application of the retinal prosthesis are discussed in detail, and some notions and advices are presented.