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2. Argus retinal prosthesis - Wikipedia

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   The Argus II system costs about US$150,000, excluding the cost of the implantation surgery and training to learn to use the device. Second Sight had its IPO in 2014 and was listed on Nasdaq. [1] Production and development of the prosthesis was discontinued in 2020, [2] but taken over by the company Cortigent in 2023. [3]

3. Ocular prosthesis - Wikipedia

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   An ocular prosthesis, artificial eye or glass eye is a type of craniofacial prosthesis that replaces an absent natural eye following an enucleation, evisceration, or orbital exenteration. Someone with an ocular prosthesis is altogether blind on the affected side and has monocular (one sided) vision .

4. Yes, You Can Rent Out Your Eye Socket For Money

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   Inside America's Prosthetic Eye Dynasty. n November 1954, 29-year-old Sammy Davis Jr. was driving to Hollywood when a car crash left his eye mangled beyond repair. Doubting his potential as a one-eyed entertainer, the burgeoning performer sought a solution at the same venerable institution where other misfortunate starlets had gone to fill their vacant sockets: Mager & Gougelman, a family ...

5. Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis - Wikipedia

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   Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP), also known as "tooth in eye" surgery, [1] is a medical procedure to restore vision in the most severe cases of corneal and ocular surface patients. It includes removal of a tooth from the patient or a donor.

6. Keratoprosthesis - Wikipedia

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   Treatment of patients whose vision is less than 20/200 in the affected eye. ... the cost of surgery is on the expensive side and can typically run up to $35,000 in ...

7. Visual prosthesis - Wikipedia

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   A visual prosthesis, often referred to as a bionic eye, is an experimental visual device intended to restore functional vision in those with partial or total blindness. Many devices have been developed, usually modeled on the cochlear implant or bionic ear devices, a type of neural prosthesis in use since the mid-1980s.