The surgeon behind "bionic eye" treatment for blind people

Available for over a year

Ground-breaking technology could cure some people of blindness. Health authorities in England are funding further testing of a device which has been nicknamed a bionic eye. It's real name is the Argus II and it will be tested on ten patients who will undergo surgery to tackle Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), an inherited disease that causes blindness. The procedures will take place in two hospitals in England next year - one of them is Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and Professor Lyndon Da Cruz is a consultant retinal surgeon there