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Second Sight Medical registers for a $10 million funding round to back its Argus II ‘bionic eye’ retinal implant. Second Sight Medical is hoping to raise $10.5 million, according to a regulatory filing, as it brings its “bionic eye” Argus II retinal implant to the U.S. market. The device, comprised of an eyeglass-mounted camera and an electrical stimulator implanted in the eye, works by converting video images captured by a miniature camera housed in the patient’s glasses into a series of small electrical pulses that are transmitted wirelessly to an array of electrodes on the surface of the retina.
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