Visual Prosthesis and Ophthalmic Devices: New Hope in Sight [With CD-ROM]

ISBN-13: 9781934115169 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 292 str.

Joyce Tombran-Tink; Joseph F. Rizzo; Colin J. Barnstable

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The history of medicine has been substantially defined by a small number of monumental discoveries. Most of these breakthroughs have emerged from the biological sciences. One of the first great breakthroughs was the recognition by Koch in 1884 that pathogens could be transmitted from one living organism to another to cause disease. This profound concept led to a revolution in the approach to patient care that ultimately led to introduction of sterile techniques that greatly improved survivals of patients. This knowledge promoted the discovery of antibiotics 40 years later, which dramatically increased life expectancy throughout the more developed parts of the world. Another great milestone that has influenced medical care was the use of anesthesia for surgery, which was first introduced in 1846. Collectively, these three discoveries armed physicians with the knowledge and means to substantially reduce the prevalence of infectious disease, which was and still remains the leading cause of death throughout the world, and to perform a much wider range of surgeries with greatly improved survivals. The improved li- expectancies enabled the medical community to focus on a wider range of medical problems and solutions to disease."

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Visual Prosthetics and Ophthalmic Devices: New Hope in Sight J Tombran-Tink, CJ Barnstable and J F Rizzo III (eds) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction to Prosthetic retinas Chader Gerald J. 2. Spatial - Temporal- and Contrast-Resolutions Obtainable with Retina-Implants Eckhorn Reinhard 3. How to restore reading with visual prosthesis? Sommerhalder Jörg 4. Subretinal Artificial Silicon RetinaÍ (ASRÍ) Microchip Implantation in Retinitis Pigmentosa Chow Alan 5. Development of an Intraocular Retinal Prosthesis to Benefit the Visually Impaired Liu Wentai, Sivaprakasam Mohanasankar, Wang Guoxing, Zhou Mingcui,. Weiland James D, Humayun Mark S. 6. Development of a Visual Prosthesis: A Review of the Field and a Snapshot of the Boston Retinal Implant Project Rizzo III Joseph F., Snebold Laura, Kenney Monica 7. Minimal Invasive Retinal Implants (miRI) Project Gerding Heinrich 8. A Retinal Implant System Based on Flexible Polymer Microelectrode Array for Electrical Stimulation Seo Jongmo, Zhou Jingai, Kim Euitae, Koo Kyo-in, Ye Jang Hee, Kim Sung June, Chung Hum, Dan Cho Dong-Il, Goo Yong Sook, Yu Young Suk 9. Electrode Architecture: Meeting the Challenge of the Retina-Electronic Interface Johnson Lee J., Scribner Dean A. 10. Circuit designs that model the properties of the outer and inner retina Zaghloul Kareem A., Boahen Kwabena 11. Visual Cortex and Extraocular Retinal Stimulation with Surface Electrode Arrays Morley John W., Chowdhury Vivek, Coroneo Minas T. 12. Glaucoma Drainage Devices: Advances in Design and Surgical Techniques Cullen Cheryl L. 13. The efficacy and safety of glaucoma drainage devices Chew Paul, Wang Jenn-Chyuan 14. Pellucid Marginal Corneal Degeneration Alió Jorge L., ShabayekMohamed H., Artola Alberto, El Saftawy Hany 15. Artisan Toric Lens Implantation for Correction of Postkeratoplasty Astigmatism Nuijts Rud, Tahzib Nayyirih T. 16. Phakic Intraocular Lenses for the treatment of high myopia Kalyvianaki Maria I., Kymionis George D., Pallikaris Ioannis G. 17. A Telescope Prosthetic Device for Patients with End-Stage AMD Hudson Henry L. 18. The use of intracorneal ring segments for keratoconus Kwitko Sergio