Elektronische Netzhautimplantate – ein aufgegebener Traum?

Zusammenfassung

Während zwischen 2005 und 2016 mehr als 30 000 Cochleaimplantate in Deutschland implantiert wurden, wurden nur weniger als 1% vergleichbarer Eingriffe an der Retina durchgeführt. Die beiden für den Markt zugelassenen Implantattypen haben wirtschaftlich nicht überleben können. Die vorliegende Arbeit diskutiert die Bedeutung und die Zukunft elektronischer Retinaimplantate für die Augenheilkunde.

Abstract

Between 2005 and 2016, over 30,000 cochlear implants were implanted in Germany, while the number of retinal implants remained less than 1% of this number. The two types of retina implants that reached the market did not survive economically. The present review article discusses the impact and future of electronic retina implants in ophthalmology.

Schlüsselwörter

Low Vision - Retinitis pigmentosa - AMD - Erblindung - Neuroprothesen

Key words

low vision - retinitis pigmentosa - AMD - blindness - neuroprosthesis

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