GB1286316A - Method and apparatus for transmitting optical impressions upon the visual regions of the human cerebral cortex - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for transmitting optical impressions upon the visual regions of the human cerebral cortex

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GB1286316A
GB1286316A GB5562869A GB5562869A GB1286316A GB 1286316 A GB1286316 A GB 1286316A GB 5562869 A GB5562869 A GB 5562869A GB 5562869 A GB5562869 A GB 5562869A GB 1286316 A GB1286316 A GB 1286316A
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cerebral cortex
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Hermann Mengeler
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F9/08—Devices or methods enabling eye-patients to replace direct visual perception by another kind of perception
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N1/00—Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor
    • A61N1/18—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes
    • A61N1/32—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents
    • A61N1/36—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation
    • A61N1/36046—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation of the eye

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry (AREA)
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  • Testing, Inspecting, Measuring Of Stereoscopic Televisions And Televisions (AREA)

Abstract

1286316 Electrodes H MENGELER 13 Nov 1969 55628/69 Heading A5R [Also in Division G5] In an apparatus for giving artificial sight to the blind, a device Fig. 1 (not shown, but see Division G5) similar in function to a television causes or converts optical images into electrical signals which are applied to the user's temples by electrodes 59, 60 at points such that electric currents can be conveyed direct to the appropriate regions of the brain where it is stated that they can be interpreted as if they were signals arising in the user's optic nerves. In Fig. 3 the camera-like devices 51, 52 are incorporated in the sides of a spectacle frame and the output electrodes 59, 60 are so located that they will contact the appropriate parts on the user's temples. The cables 55, 56 establish necessary connections between the 'cameras', the output terminals and power supplies and amplifiers (not shown).
GB5562869A 1969-11-13 1969-11-13 Method and apparatus for transmitting optical impressions upon the visual regions of the human cerebral cortex Expired GB1286316A (en)

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4551149A (en) * 1982-02-16 1985-11-05 Michael Sciarra Prosthetic vision system
US4664117A (en) * 1984-10-09 1987-05-12 Beck Stephen C Apparatus and method for generating phosphenes
EP1194083A2 (en) * 1999-03-24 2002-04-10 Second Sight, LLC Logarithmic light intensifier for use with photoreceptor-based implanted retinal prosthetics and those prosthetics
US6658299B1 (en) 2000-01-04 2003-12-02 William H. Dobelle Artificial system for vision and the like

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4551149A (en) * 1982-02-16 1985-11-05 Michael Sciarra Prosthetic vision system
US4664117A (en) * 1984-10-09 1987-05-12 Beck Stephen C Apparatus and method for generating phosphenes
EP1194083A2 (en) * 1999-03-24 2002-04-10 Second Sight, LLC Logarithmic light intensifier for use with photoreceptor-based implanted retinal prosthetics and those prosthetics
EP1194083A4 (en) * 1999-03-24 2005-02-02 Second Sight Llc Logarithmic light intensifier for use with photoreceptor-based implanted retinal prosthetics and those prosthetics
US6658299B1 (en) 2000-01-04 2003-12-02 William H. Dobelle Artificial system for vision and the like

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