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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2005
Applicants:
Alan Y. Chow, Wheaton, IL (US);
Vincent Y. Chow, Hanover Park, IL (US);
Inventors:
Alan Y. Chow, Wheaton, IL (US);
Vincent Y. Chow, Hanover Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
IMI Intelligent Medical Implants AG, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An artificial retinal device, implanted in the subretinal space of the eye in persons with certain types of retinal blindness, induces artificial vision by electrical stimulation of the remaining viable cells of the retina. The artificial retina device includes a stimulating electrode unit preferably placed in the subretinal space.