| US 7,447,548 B2 | ||
| Retinal implant with improved implantation and working properties | ||
| Rolf Eckmiller, Neuss (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to IMI Intelligent Medical Implants AG, Zug (Switzerland) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 24, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/87,745. | ||
| Application 11/087745 is a continuation of application No. 10/056208, filed on Jan. 28, 2002, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 101 54 700 (DE), filed on Nov. 09, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0251223 A1, Nov. 10, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61N 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 607—54 [607/53] | 19 Claims |
| 3. A retinal implant comprising:
at least one internal functional unit arranged for being disposed inside an eye;
at least one external functional unit arranged for being disposed outside the eye; and
a signal path designed for at least one of signal and data transmission that connects the at least one internal functional
unit to the at least one external functional unit, the signal path comprising a separable trans-scleral signal-path segment
between the internal and external functional units, and wherein the signal path between the internal and external functional
units does not incorporate the anterior eye section, including the cornea and intraocular lens, wherein said at least one
external functional unit comprises:
a first external functional unit for being disposed outside the eye socket; and
a second external functional unit for being disposed within the eye socket but outside the eye, the second external functional
unit being connected to the at least one internal functional unit by means of the signal path.
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