A new system for the treatment of retinal degeneration

Walter-G. Wrobel; André Banzhaf; Guido Blaess; Carmen Eipper; Alex Harscher; Anuschirawan Hekmat; Andreas Möller; Rainer Mohrlok; Jens Pätzold

doi:10.1515/BMT.2011.106

Published by De Gruyter August 26, 2011

A new system for the treatment of retinal degeneration

Walter-G. Wrobel , André Banzhaf , Guido Blaess , Carmen Eipper , Alex Harscher , Anuschirawan Hekmat , Andreas Möller , Rainer Mohrlok and Jens Pätzold

From the journal Biomedical Engineering / Biomedizinische Technik

https://doi.org/10.1515/BMT.2011.106

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Abstract

Recent clinical studies indicate that stimulation of the retina with tiny amounts of current can have a therapeutic effect on retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa. We have therefore developed a preventive treatment system which stimulates the eye with a thread electrode; among other objectives, the aim is that even blind patients can administer the therapy themselves under physician's supervision.

Keywords: electrical stimulation; microstimulation; retina; therapy

Corresponding author: Dr. Walter-G. Wrobel, Okuvision GmbH, Gerhard-Kindler-Str. 8, D-72770 Reutlingen, Germany Phone: +49 712136403111 Fax: +49 712136403115

Received: 2011-4-20

Accepted: 2011-7-22

Published Online: 2011-08-26

Published in Print: 2011-10-01

A new system for the treatment of retinal degeneration

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