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Professors John Wyatt, PhD and Joseph Rizzo, Md
Professors Joseph Rizzo, MD (left) and John Wyatt, PhD (right), the co-founders of the Boston Retinal Implant Project (BRIP).

In the 1980s, Dr. Joseph Rizzo and Professor John Wyatt co-founded the Boston Retinal Implant Project (BRIP). The collaboration was initiated between the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The collaborative sites involved in the Boston Retinal Implant Project
The collaborative sites involved in the Boston Retinal Implant Project, other collaborative institutions include: Cornell University, The University of Alabama, The University of Louisville and EIC Laboratories in Norwood, MA.

 

 

 

The goal of the Boston Retinal Implant Project is to develop a microelectronic retinal implant to restore functional vision to patients with certain forms of retinal blindness. This includes retinitis pigmentosa (the leading cause of inherited blindness in the world) and age related macular degeneration (the leading cause of blindness in the elderly population and the industrialized world). Our implant design has unique features that improve its safety, function and performance. We are currently testing our implant design and as of yet, it is not commercially available.



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