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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
03/05/2023 NBO - French team - Dobelle Implant
2THE DOBELLE
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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"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."