Yesterday, I could watch a surprising video, where they explained how a young woman was able to restore her vision, thanks to a new device, adapted on a special glasses, invented in Spain.
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http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/telediario/tdfs4-ojo-bionico-250115/2964403/
Voice in off: “Inseparable of her special glasses, she has gained autonomy and security, she tells us”
Aurora: “At least, now, I distinguish that here, on the left, there is a door ...., that here, there is a window….”
Voice in off: “Aurora began losing her vision, when she was 13 years old; a Retinitis pigmentosa left her blind to 30. Six months ago, she underwent a complex intervention, in order to implant a microchip, in the retina; in her glasses, a camera, with high resolution, captures the image, which then it sends to a small computer”
Aurora Castillo (She has a bionic eye): “The computer, in turn, sends it to a receiver, that I have here, on the right side, a receiving antenna, which is connected to the chip (the retinal stimulator, which I have put in the retina) and that goes, through the optic nerve, to the brain and the brain is interpreting the images that I am seeing”
Conxa Parramón (Voice in off): “Her field of vision reaches the size of a sheet; she can see shadows, distinguish motion, contours ... ,all in black and white. Because she has visual memory, she learns to interpret what she sees: the reality”
Aurora: “Look, I get up the glasses and I see nothing ... I see everything in white. However, I wear it and, at least, I distinguish that there is something, in front of me; I distinguish your shoulder, the other shoulder, your head…”
Jeroni Nadal (Ophthalmologist. Barraquer Ophthalmology Centre): “The issue is how performance has the patient in this visual field; and this is increasing gradually and progressively”
Aurora: “I should resign myself….., hopefully, I could go walking alone in the street; that would be my goal”
Conxa: “Her dream: to look at her child and find out how is his face”
Well, in this sense, I hope that researches continue working, in order to get the Aurora´s dream and others from another people.
Until my next post, kind regards,
Luis.
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