article_snippet.sent: The technology is based on a technique known as 'neuromodulation' in which electricity from a chip stimulates the nervous system to restore sight.
article_snippet.sent: The technology is based on a technique known as 'neuromodulation' in which electricity stimulates the nervous system to restore sight.
article_snippet.sent: When the patient puts on the nervous system's dark glasses, an integrated video camera sends images to a portable computer.
article_snippet.sent: Pulses activate electrodes in the implant, and the optic nerve carries images to the brain.
article_snippet.sent: When the patient puts on the system's dark glasses, an integrated video camera sends images to a portable computer.
article_snippet.sent: When the patient puts on the system's dark glasses, an integrated video camera sends images to a portable computer.
article_snippet.sent: Pulses activate the electrodes in the implant, and the optic nerve carries the images back to the brain.
article_snippet.sent: Following surgery, patients have to train patients brains to interpret the new images, which are seen in variations of back, white and grey.