Integrative design and hybrid assembly of a flexible retina implant system

Different research groups are focusing their work on the development of a neural prostheses to aid patients suffering from blindness. A German consortium of 14 partners works on the development of a retina implant system for ganglion cell stimulation. This paper outlines the concept of the authors' system and focuses on the flexible substrate and the assembly of the first implantable retina stimulation systems.

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