Argus has earned
In Russia, for the first time, a bionic eye implanted in a person was shown
Cyber vision, according to experts, is one of the ways to give people deprived of this natural gift of nature to start living a normal life again.
The famous ophthalmologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences Hristo Takhchidi explained to the audience in an accessible form that human vision is a fairly simple scheme in which the eye is a natural television camera, and the human brain is that powerful processor that decodes the signal transmitted by this camera.
"The situation when our natural camera – the eye – suffered as a result of the disease, we replaced it with an artificial camera, a micro-camera. And, in fact, they sent this information to the brain, and the brain replied to us that yes, it sees this information, deciphers it and gives a person the opportunity to rehabilitate," says Hristo Takhchidi, vice–rector for medical Work at the N.I. Pirogov RNIMU.
According to the professor, this is just the beginning. The Minister of Health of Russia Veronika Skvortsova agrees with him. "Bionic development is one of the most promising areas for the development of Russian healthcare," the head of the Ministry of Health is sure.
The lucky owner of cyber vision himself admitted that when he was able to distinguish objects for the first time after the operation, he could not understand what he was seeing. They explained to him: this is a painting, this is a man standing.
"And I already began to understand quickly. It's hard for me to explain all this to you. I quickly assimilate, I figure out what to do," says the first person who had a micro–camera implanted in his eye.
"I was smiling with joy," a 59–year-old resident of Chelyabinsk, who gained cyber vision, told about his first impressions.
The successful operation to implant the bionic eye "Argus-2" on July 7 of this year was told by the newspaper "Izvestia". The publication then reported that the patient for the breakthrough surgical intervention was selected from thousands of applicants. The case of the milling cutter Grigory is also unique in that at the same time he began to lose his hearing.
According to Hristo Takhchidi, the patient was chosen specifically for someone who had seen before, but had lost this opportunity.
"If a person has never seen, we will not know what he will see after the operation. He just won't be able to describe it. Patient testimonies are important to create a new technical language. With its help, we will then be able to train those who have never seen it," Izvestia quotes the Doctor of Medical Sciences.
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24.07.2017