Tech helps people with vision loss "see" again
Cleveland Clinic asked more than 100 of its top experts about the innovations set to reshape healthcare in the coming year. These are their answers — the Top 10 Innovations for 2014.
More than 100,000 people in the U.S. and 1.5 million people worldwide have retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a disease whose most devastating consequence is blindness. Most people with RP are legally blind by age 40.
Up until now, there has been no effective treatment for late-stage RP. But a new technology featuring a retinal prosthesis — commonly dubbed the “bionic eye” — changes everything.