(Second Sight ) ‘If we continue to develop this type of technology and begin to understand the new electrical language of pulses to the brain, to the eye, we can apply it to other parts of the body and we can change our world and how we relate to it,’ continued Dr. Humayun, who has been working on the technology for 25 years and is co-creator the Argus II.
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FEBRUARY 10, 2013
Joshua Gardner, Daily Mail

In January, the Food Drug Administration was supposed to approve the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System by California developer Second Sight, now those in the U.S. who would qualify for the device wait with bated breath as February roars on.
A first of its kind technology, the Argus II was already approved for use in Europe in 2011 and is the culmination of 20 years of scientific research into the delicate and deeply complex sight organ.
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