Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii performed the state’s first bionic eye surgery. The patient underwent surgery for the bionic eye and nine months later is now able to see light. The patient is deaf and ...

ANN ARBOR, MI -- A degenerative eye disease slowly robbed Roger Pontz of his vision. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, Pontz has been almost completely blind for years. Now, thanks to ...

The UCHealth Eye Center at University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Col., has performed the region’s first bionic eye surgery. 1. The procedure restored limited sight to a patient who had been blind ...

"Without the glasses you can't see a thing, put the glasses on you can suddenly see. You get that wow factor every time you do it." Philip Booth, 60, has had bionic eyes for the last three and a half ...

EXCLUSIVE: In the documentary Light Darkness Light, which is about to make its North American premiere at DOC NYC, a man who lost his vision gets the opportunity to regain it with the help of an ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - An East Texas man is hoping for a miracle in the new year and a chance to regain his sight after 20 years. Richard Molpus of Longview has optic atrophy, which robbed him of ...

Next-generation bionic eyes are practically here today. Imagine a blind person's real-world conundrum trying to shop for one -- they could schedule surgery for Nano Retina’s implant today and see ...

A team of Engineers from Stanford, and Glasgow, Scotland, have made some incredible advances on their earlier designs for a photovoltaic bionic eye. Their new paper, published in Nature Communications ...

Ten out of 11 kids who received gene therapy for a rare variant of congenital deafness had significant improvements when tested one year after the surgery, reported doctors involved in the study. The ...