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Jan 1, 2016 · In 1968 the University of Utah instigated a sensory prosthesis research programme under Willem J. Kolff, with William Dobelle as programme director (Dobelle, 1998). Continuing with support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ( Hambrecht and Frank, 1975 , National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, 1971 , Pollen, 1975 ...
Dr. Bill Dobelle was a biomedical researcher who developed experimental technologies that restored limited sight to blind patients, and also known for the impact he and his company had on the breathing pacemaker industry with the development of the only FDA approved device for phrenic nerve pacing. He was the former director of the Division of Artificial Organs at the Columbia-Presbyterian ...
Dr. Bill Dobelle (October 24, 1941 – October 5, 2004) was a biomedical researcher who developed experimental technologies that restored limited sight to blind patients, and also known for the impact he and his company had on the breathing pacemaker industry with the development of the only FDA approved device for phrenic nerve pacing. He was the former director of the Division of Artificial ...
Apr 1, 2013 · While working at the Artificial Organ Institute, William Dobelle came up with the idea for the artificial eye, a device that could potentially bring sight to...
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May 14, 2020 · One of these scientists was William Dobelle, who implanted electrodes on the surface of the visual cortex in a larger number of blind individuals between 1970 and 2000 (Dobelle, 2000). However, the useful lifespan of his devices was short, and patients appeared to receive little overall benefit in their daily lives, leading to diminished ...
Oct 29, 2003 · William H. Dobelle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Jan 17, 2000 · "If he is walking down a hall, the doorway appears as a white frame on a dark background," William Dobelle, of the Dobelle Institute and Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, said in a ...
