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nusantaraIntlNews - Seorang lelaki sebelum ini buta dari North Carolina telah diberikan keupayaan untuk melihat secara digital sekali lagi melalui "mata bionik" baru yang boleh mengubah cahaya ke dalam imej.
Larry Hester, 66, buta selama 33 tahun sebelum saintis di Universiti Duke, di North Carolina, menghidupkan peranti.
Sebagai "mata" telah dihidupkan, Hester melonjak daripada kejutan pada mula-nya, sebelum wajahnya memecah masuk ke senyuman berterusan dan isterinya, Jerry, bergegas kepada beliau untuk berkongsi kegembiraannya. "Bolehkah anda benar-benar lihat" katanya, sambil menambah: "Bolehlah saya memberinya ciu-man saya"
‘Bionic eye’ helps blind man see again after
33 years (VIDEO) . . .
A previously blind man from North Carolina has been granted the ability to digitally see once again through a new “bionic eye” which can transform light into images.
Larry Hester, 66, was blind for 33 years before scientists at Duke University, in North Carolina, switched on the device.
As the “eye” was switched on, Hester jumped from the shock initially, before his face broke into a persistent smile and his wife, Jerry, rushed over to him to share his joy. “Can you really see?” she said, adding: “Can I give him a kiss?”
Hester menjadi satu-satunya orang yg ke7 di Amerika Syarikat mempunyai mata - dan beliau bernasib baik untuk doktor beliau. "Saya tertanya-tanya bagaimana saya telah bernasib baik," katanya. "Mengapa saya? Tetapi jika saya boleh meng-gunakan apa yang saya belajar daripada ini untuk membantu orang lain dengan RP, ia akan bukan sahaja untuk faedah saya."
Kedua-dua Larry dan Jerry Hester telah kehilangan harapan apa-apa peningkatan dalam penglihatan Larry sehingga Jerry mendapati satu artikel dalam majalah tahun lepas. "Kami tinggal selama ini tanpa apa-apa harapan untuk apa-apa peru-bahan supaya apabila saya melihat ia, saya sangat, sangat teruja," katanya.
Dia mempunyai "mata" yang diimplan beberapa minggu yang lalu. Walau bagai-manapun, yang pertama "pengajaran" bagaimana untuk menggunakan ia bermula pada pagi Isnin.
Hester became only the seventh person in the US to have the eye – and he expressed his good fortune to his doctors. “I just wonder how I have been so lucky,” he said. “Why me? But if I can use what I learn from this to help others with RP, it will not just be for my benefit.”
Both Larry and Jerry Hester had lost hope of any improvements in Larry’s eyesight until Jerry found an article in a magazine last year. “We've lived all these years without having any hope of any change so when I saw it, I was very, very excited,” she said.
He had the “eye” implanted several weeks ago. However, his first “lesson” on how to use it began on Monday morning.
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Argus II Retina Prostesis System ('Argus II') mendapat kelulusan FDA pada Februari 2013. mata bionik menggunakan teknologi tanpa wayar, di mana sensor adalah diimplan di dalam mata untuk mengambil isyarat cahaya dihantar dari kamera dipasang pada cermin mata khas, Duke Universiti berkata dalam satu kenyataan.
Mini video kamera dalam cermin mata yg dipakai oleh pesakit menyambung kpd sensor yang benar-benar apa-apa memintas photoreceptors yang rosak di dalam otak pesakit. Kejayaan rawatan telah dijelaskan semasa pemberian kelulusan FDA di laman web jabatan.
"Keputusan kajian klinikal menunjukkan bahawa Sistem yang membantu mata pelajaran berikut: mengenal pasti lokasi atau pergerakan objek dan manusia; mengenali huruf besar, kata-kata, atau ayat; dan membantu dalam aktiviti-aktiviti lain dalam kehidupan harian, seperti mengesan sekatan jalan dan berjalan di kaki lima tanpa melangkah di luar, "kata FDA.
Hester akan menerima pelajaran susulan bagaimana utk menggabungkan peranti ke dalam kehidupan sehari-hari untuk kesan yang paling besar, "belajar untuk membezakan bentuk dan objek dari berkelip yang dihasilkan oleh peranti," kata Duke dalam kenyataannya.
The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System (‘Argus II’) received FDA approval in February 2013. The bionic eye uses wireless technology, through which a sensor is implanted in the eye to pick up light signals sent from a camera mounted on special eyeglasses, Duke University said in a statement.
The mini video-camera in the glasses worn by the patient connects to a sensor which completely bypasses any damaged photoreceptors in the patient’s brain. The treatment’s success was described upon the granting of FDA approval on the department’s website.
“Results of the clinical study showed that the System helped subjects: identify the location or movement of objects and people; recognize large letters, words, or sentences; and helped in other activities of daily life, such as detecting street curbs and walking on a sidewalk without stepping off,” the FDA noted.
Hester will be receiving follow-up lessons on how to incorporate the device into his day-to-day life to the greatest effect, “learning to discern shapes and objects from the flashes generated by the device,” Duke said in its statement.
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