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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2010
Applicants:
Mohit Naresh Shivdasani, East Melbourne, AU;
Christopher Edward Williams, East Melbourne, AU;
Peter John Blamey, East Melbourne, AU;
Inventors:
Mohit Naresh Shivdasani, East Melbourne, AU;
Christopher Edward Williams, East Melbourne, AU;
Peter John Blamey, East Melbourne, AU;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); G09B 21/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36046 (2013.01); G09B 21/008 (2013.01); A61N 1/0543 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is described for electrically stimulating a patient's retina with an electrode array () implanted in the patient's eye, wherein one or more images are captured; at least one line and/or edge in the images is determined (), a line of electrodes in the electrode array corresponding to a detected line and/or edge is identified (); and electrical current is applied simultaneously to electrodes of the identified line of electrodes.