First Vision-Restoring “Bionic Eye” Implant Performed In Hawaii, Eye Surgery Center Reveals

The team of doctors, led by Dr. Gregg T. Kokame, completed the cutting-edge procedure on March 24, 2015. Dr. Mark Humayu, Prof. of Ophthalmology at the University of Southern California (USC) Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA and the co-inventor of the Argus II implant was also present for this historic event.

This recent surgery comes 2 years after the world’s first bionic eye implant of an early prototype by Bionic Vision Australia researchers in Melbourne at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.

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