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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., San Fernando, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Greenberg, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Joseph H Schulman, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Assignee:
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/08 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0543 (2013.01); A61N 1/36046 (2013.01); A61N 1/375 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01); H01L 2224/16225 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49165 (2015.01);
Abstract
The present invention is a visual prosthesis for the restoration of sight in patients with lost or degraded visual function. The visual prosthesis includes an implantable portion which stimulates visual neural tissue according to stimulation patterns sent by a programmable video processing unit. The video processing unit controls stimulation patterns including programmable wave forms to provide monopolar, bipolar, and multipolar wave forms.