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According to Dobelle, the system should be useable by about 95% of the blind population, provided they lost their vision late in childhood.
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Dobelle says that the electrode arrays could be implanted by any competent neurosurgeon as outpatient surgery.
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Dobelle is working on refining and focusing the images created by his device, rather than increasing the number of phosphenes.
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The next step for Dobelle was to determine if a permanent set of electrodes could be implanted onto the visual cortex without damage, infection, or risk of seizure.
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Like Franklin, Dobelle is a crotchety visionary, and has pushed the envelope with his ground-breaking work, turning theory into first-generation prosthetics.
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Dobelle seems to shrug off claims that his vision system is crude.
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Dobelle had to consult his office manager Louise for his email address, and to have her send me an email with directions, which I found charming.
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The Dobelle artificial vision system consists of a video camera mounted on a pair of sunglasses, two belt-mounted computers to control the system, a battery pack giving four hours of use, and two electrode arrays, consisting of 242 individual electrodes each.
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The current Dobelle system, or any other for that matter, does not yet allow patients to read print, recognize faces, or see precise shapes.
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Dobelle has proved this by successfully implanting the system in individuals who have been blind for as long as sixty years.
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