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03/05/2023 NBO - French team - Dobelle Implant

NBONew Blind people’s

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Dobelle implant projectFrench team

Marie Mbelek, Chair womanYéléna Blacodon, DoctorOcéane Lair, Sociologist Caroline Serra, Phisicist

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IMPLANT

Could the CCD camera of the Dobelle implant replace blind people’s eyes ?

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1- Weight of blindness in the United States

2- Principal causes of blindness

3- General presentation of the device

4- Functioning of the CCD camera

5- Limits of the device

SUMMARY

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Worldwide - 7 Milliardsvisually impaired : 161 million

low vision :124 million

blind : 37 million.

1 - WEIGHT OF THE BLINDNESS IN THE UNITED STATES

Estimates vary

USA - 313 Millionvisually impaired : 10 million blind : between 1 and 2 million

Economic impact of blindness in USA4,1 billion/year11 000 $ per blind/year

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51 - WEIGHT OF THE BLINDNESS IN THE UNITED STATES

• 425 million $ of donation

• Profesionnals• Researchers• Awards….

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62 - PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF BLINDNESSHUMAN EYE

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72 - PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF BLINDNESSCATARACT

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82 - PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF BLINDNESSGLAUCOMA

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93. GENERAL PRESENTATION OF THE DEVICE

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104 – FUNCTIONING OF THE CDD CAMERA

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115. LIMITS OF THE DEVICE

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Thank you for your attention !

"I believe that I am safe in saying that Braille, the long cane and the guide dog are doomed to obsolescence," Dobelle said. "By the end of this century, they will be as obsolete as the airplane made the steamship."