Bionic eye surgery to prompt medical tourism to Hawaii, doctor says
Dr. Gregg Kokame, left, of the Retina Consultants of Hawaii, Sheila Chamain, research director, center, and the patient at right.
Bionic eye returns some sight to isle patient
Hawaii’s first patient to receive a bionic eye is able to discern between light and dark objects and can tell if someone walks into a room, her doctor says.
Blind Hawaii Woman Gets Bionic Eye to See Again
After going blind two years ago, this woman received a bionic eye implant. A Honolulu woman who went blind two years ago will soon be able to see again thanks to her new bionic eye.
Isle team to implant bionic eye in blind woman
It will be the first use of the Argus II artificial retina in the Asia-Pacific. What seemed far-fetched a few decades ago will become a reality Tuesday for a blind woman whose sight will be restored through a bionic eye implant at the Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii.
First retinal implant in Hawaii and Asia Pacific region to be performed in Honolulu
The Eye Center of Hawaii will host an unprecedented eye surgery in the Asia Pacific region next week — a retinal bionic implant which restores some vision to patients with retinal blindness.
Dr. Carlton Yuen is among the first opthalmologists in the US to introduce cutting-edge technology of Symfony and Symfony Toric Lenses
The new lens technology allows patients with cataracts to have continuous vision for distance, intermediate and near
A Deaf and Legally Blind Honolulu Woman who is the Asia-Pacific Region’s First Bionic Retinal Implant Recipient Can Now See Light and Objects
The ‘Bionic Eye’ Allows A 73-Year-Old Woman To Be Out Of The Dark And Regain Some Of Her Independence
The bionic eye is the only retinal prosthesis approved by the U.S. FDA and the first in the world
The First Bionic Retinal Implant Surgery to Restore Vision for the Blind in the Asia Pacific Region is Performed at the Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii
The bionic eye is the only retinal prosthesis approved by the U.S. FDA and the first in the world.
(Honolulu, Hawaii, March 24, 2015) The first artificial retinal bionic eye implant surgery in the Asia Pacific region to help restore vision for the blind was performed today in Honolulu, Hawaii by a team at the Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii led by Dr. Gregg Kokame.
The first Artificial Retinal Bionic Implant to Restore Vision for the Blind in the Asia Pacific Region will be Performed in Hawaii led by Dr. Gregg Kokame at the Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii
The bionic eye is the only retinal prosthesis approved by the U.S. FDA and the first in the world.
(Honolulu, Hawaii, March 16, 2015) At the Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii (ESCH), Dr. Gregg Kokame of the Retina Consultants of Hawaii will perform the first implant of the Argus II artificial retina in the Asia Pacific region on March 24, 2015.
The First Bionic Retinal Implant Surgery to Restore Vision for the Blind in the Asia Pacific Region is Performed at the Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii
Published March 24, 2015 | Download PDF The bionic eye is the only retinal prosthesis approved by the U.S. FDA and the first in the world. (Honolulu, Hawaii, March 24, 2015) The first artificial retinal bionic eye implant surgery in the Asia Pacific region to help restore vision for the blind was performed today in Honolulu, […]