GOOD AFTERNOON

A SEMINAR PRESENTATION ON

“BIONIC EYE”

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AGENDA INTRODUCTION HISTORY BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS TECHNOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS HOW OUR RETINA WORKS? BLINDNESS THE BIONIC SYSTEM ONGOING PROJECTS CASE STUDIES ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES CONCLUSION REFERENCES

Introduction

Bionic Derivation of the word “BIONIC”(BIo+electrONIC ) Definition

History The word “BIONIC” was coined by Jack E Steele Bionic eye was designed by Mr. Gregg Suaning

Biological considerations Technological considerations

HOW OUR RETINA WORKS?

BLINDNESS MEANS LOSS OF VISION. A COMPLETELY BLIND INDIVISUAL

UNABLE TO SEE ANYTHING EVEN WITH THE USE OF EYE GLASSES , CONTACT LENSES , MEDICINE OR SURGERY.

8O% OF BLINDNESS OCCURS IN PEOPLE OVER 50 YEARS OLD.

COMMON CAUSES :- MACULAR DEGENERATION , TRAUMATIC INJURIES , GLAUCOMA etc.

LESS COMMON CAUSES :- VIT-A DEFICIENCY , RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA , RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY etc.

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THE BIONIC SYSTEM

1: Camera on glasses views image2: Signals are sent to hand-held device3: Processed information is sent back to glasses and wirelessly transmitted to receiver under surface of eye4: Receiver sends information to electrodes in retinal implant5: Electrodes stimulate retina to send information to brain

T H E C H I P I S B E H I N D T H E R E T I N A A T T H E B A C K O F E Y E B A L L

T H E H U M A N E Y E W I T H E X T E R N A L C A M E R A

SOME ONGOING PROJECTS

Implantable Miniature TelescopeArtificial Silicon Retina(ASR)Harvard /MIT Retinal ImplantDobelle eyeMARC TechnologyArgusHolographic TechnologyVirtual Retinal Display(VRD) etc…

Case Study Mr. Peter Lane case

ADVANTAGES

Compact Size – 6x6 mm

Diagnostic Capability

Reduction of stress upon retina

D ISADVANTAGES

Costly

If a single part of the chip is damaged the total technique will be meaningless.

C O N C L U S I O N

Researchers throughout the wor ld have looked for ways to improve people 's l i ves wi th art ifi c ia l , b ion ic dev ices .

Bionic dev ices are be ing deve loped to do more than rep lace defect ive parts .

Researchers are a lso us ing them to fi ght i l lnesses .

Prov id ing power to run b ionic implants and making connect ions to the bra in 's contro l system pose the two great cha l lenges for b iomedica l engineer ing.

Sc ient ist are now look ing at dev ices l ike b ion ic arms, tongues, noses etc .

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