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Docket #: S02-139

The Stanford/NASA Vision Chip

Applications

  • The Chip is targeted for treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), or other degenerative diseases of the retina.

Advantages

  • Readily integrated into silicon microcucuitry
  • Durability
  • Mechanical strength
  • CNT is flexible, thereby causing less damage to tissue
  • Biocompatibility - less immune response, inflammation, etc.
  • Ease of engineering and manufacture
  • Low cost

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