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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Storm Newton

INSANE: What is prima the device helping those with vision loss to read again | Vintage Vibes

A new electronic eye implant has enabled people to read and write again - (Moorfields Eye Hospital)

Patients with vision loss caused by a common but untreatable condition are able to read again thanks to a groundbreaking eye implant.

The Prima device is an electronic eye implant which measures just 2mm by 2mm and has half the thickness of a human hair.

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