Alan Chow,the ophthalmologist who helped invent the Artificial Silicon Retina,and his colleagues tucked the computer retinas into a slit they made in the eyes of six people blinded by retinitis pigmentosa,a rare progressive degeneration of the retina.

• 参与发明人造硅视网膜工作的眼科专家艾伦·周与他的同事在6名色素性视网膜炎患者的眼睛上做一个切口，然后把这种计算机视网膜植入切口。色素性视网膜炎是视网膜发生的罕见进行性病变。