@article{ef6b8552779141acaac76c2918a34abb,
title = "The Bionic Eye: A Quarter Century of Retinal Prosthesis Research and Development",
abstract = "This article describes the history of visual prostheses, with emphasis on the development of the Argus II retinal prosthesis system (Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Sylmar, CA). A brief overview of cortical electrical stimulation in the blind is provided, followed by an account of the design and development of retinal stimulation equipment at the Duke Eye Center in the late 1980s; the first human intraoperative tests there and the subsequent 8 years of tests at the Wilmer Eye Institute; the transfer of the project to the Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California and the founding of Second Sight Medical Products; and the development and clinical trials of the Argus I and Argus II systems. In a series of vignettes, we pay tribute to the many colleagues and patient volunteers without whose help the work would not have been possible.",
author = "Humayun, {Mark S.} and {de Juan}, Eugene and Gislin Dagnelie",
note = "Funding Information: The research described in this article has been supported by the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; the National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia; the Department of Defense (Naval Research Lab/DARPA), Washington, DC; the Department of Energy, Washington, DC; the Al Mann Foundation, Valencia, California; Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Sylmar, California; MD-22 Lions Vision Research Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland; and Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York. The sponsors and funding organizations had no role in the design or conduct of this research. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 American Academy of Ophthalmology Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2016",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.06.044",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "123",
pages = "S89--S97",
journal = "Ophthalmology",
issn = "0161-6420",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "10",
}