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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Applicant:
Rolf Eckmiller, Neuss, DE;
Inventor:
Rolf Eckmiller, Neuss, DE;
Assignee:
IMI Intelligent Medical Implants AG, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A retinal implant has at least one functional unit positioned internally inside an eye and at least one functional unit positioned externally outside the eye and at least one functional unit positioned outside the eye, which are separably connected to one another via a signal path in a manner designed for signal or data transmission. The patient's residual vision which may still remain is preserved because the signal path extends through the sclera of the eye and does not incorporate the anterior eye section.