San FranciscoAfter training, more than 80% of recipients could read.
Until now, no treatment restored vision for more than 5 million people with macular degeneration.
Camera glasses beam infrared light onto a 378-pixel implant that replaces dead photoreceptors and powers itself from that light.
Europe approved Prima in July, and the system awaits US Food and Drug Administration clearance.
How each outlet framed it
- MIT Technology Review leans favorable
- explains the Prima mechanism step by step (camera glasses, photoreceptor-replacing implant), and cites 80% reading success after training
Sources: MIT Technology Review