07.05.2012 - First Blind Patients in the UK Implanted with Retina Implant AG’s Breakthrough Technology |
First of 12 UK patients receive subretinal implants at leading ophthalmic centres: King’s College Hospital and Oxford Eye Hospital
LONDON--( BUSINESS WIRE)--Retina Implant AG, the leading developer of subretinal implants for patients blinded by retinitis pigmentosa (RP), today announced that the first UK patients participating in the Company’s multi-centre trial have been successfully implanted. The UK trial is set to include 12 patients in total and is being led in London by Mr. Tim Jackson, a consultant retinal surgeon at King’s College Hospital and Senior Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London, and in Oxford by Professor Robert MacLaren, professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Oxford and a consultant retinal surgeon at the Oxford Eye Hospital. |
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04.05.2012 - First Patient in Asia Regains Useful Sight After Receiving Retina Implant AG's Microchip |
First of three patients to be implanted at the University of Hong Kong Eye Institute
REUTLINGEN, Germany & HONG KONG, May 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Retina Implant AG ("Retina Implant"), a leading developer of subretinal implants for the visually
impaired, today announced that the first patient in China to be implanted with its microchip on February 13, 2012 at the University of Hong Kong Eye Institute has since regained useful sight. |
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01.06.2011 - Retina Implant AG Founder Honoures at Euretina |
Retina Implant AG Founder Professor Eberhart Zrenner and Research Team Honoured at EURETINA. |
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17.03.2011 - Retina Implant AG Partners with Wills Eye Institute to Bring Artificial Vision Clinical Trials to the United States |
| Retina Implant AG, a leading developer of subretinal implants for the visually impaired, today announced that they will partner with the Wills Eye Institute in Philadelphia as the lead U.S. clinical trial investigator site. This partnership marks the first time Retina Implant’s subretinal implant technology will be utilized in studies by patients who suffer from retinitis pigmentosa in North America. |
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10.11.2010 - Over 350 press articles about our results in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B |
Our results in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B brought more than 350 press articles, Movies and Newscasts all over the world. |
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04.11.2010 - Proceedings of the Royal Society publish article about Retina Implant |
| Studies Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Validates Retina Implant AG’s Clinical Trial Results. |
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22.10.2010 - Press release from AMD.org about the AAO |
The macula degeneration partnership (AMD.org) wrote about the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting. |
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20.10.2010 - Retina Implant presents clinical trial results |
Retina implant presents clinical trial results at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting |
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12.10.2010 - Retina Implant AG opens a new manufacturing plant preparation in place for expected 2011 launch of subretinal implant technology for the Blind |
Retina Implant AG today announced the opening of a new manufacturing plant to meet anticipated demand for their implants. |
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15.06.2010 - Vision Quest: Retinal Implants Deliver the Promise of Sight to Damaged Eyes” |
Scientific American online, June 2010
Reporter Larry Greenemeier discusses Retina Implant, AG’s subretinal implant that is currently being evaluated to restore useful vision to the blind. The article highlights the success of Retina Implant's first clinical trial as well as the initiation of its second clinical trial across Europe. |
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06.06.2010 - Healthwise: Innovations in Opthamology |
WTVI-TV, Charlotte, N.C., June 2010
Dr. David Greenman provides viewers with an overview of Retina Implant’s technology. |
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17.05.2010 - New Technology To Restore Vision |
FOX Headline Health, May 2010
Dr. Zrenner talks about a new retina implant that is restoring vision to blind patients. |
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