World first as pensioner has central vision restored through bionic eye

Ray Flynn, 80, had implant inserted that converts video images into electric pulses, transmitted wirelessly to electrodes on the retina’s surface

A partially sighted pensioner has had his central vision restored for the first time in nearly a decade after he received a bionic eye.

Ray Flynn, 80, from Audenshaw, Manchester, is the world’s first patient with advanced dry age related macular degeneration (AMD) to undergo the procedure.

He can only watch television if he sits in a certain position and looks from the corner of his eye

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