Biological eyes bring light to the blind man

A 30-year-old blind man says he can now see flashes of light on the road, even socks, after being fitted with a biological eye.

Mr. Ron looked pretty good after putting on a bio eye. Photo: BBC.

Ron, 73, has undergone a trial operation seven months ago at Moorfield Hospital in London. His biological eye is called Argus II, which uses a camera and an image processor mounted on a sunglass to send the image to a tiny receiver on the outside of the eye. ).

In turn, the receiver sends signals to a tiny electrode at the bottom of the retina, where the electrodes move the message to the brain.

This biological eye was developed by US company Second Sight. To date, 18 patients in the world have been fitted. The manufacturer hopes the patients will learn how to "translate" the visual cues that biological eyes produce into meaningful images.

With Ron alone, he said he was now able to distinguish white, gray and black socks. "My desire is to be able to go out on a clear blue and beautiful night, and be able to see the moon again."