Australia pipped by US in the race to rollout the bionic eye

Australia’s aim to be world leaders in commercialising the bionic eye has been dealt a blow with a US company gaining approval to sell its device this year.

Los Angeles-based Second Sight Medical Products said Australia was now one of a series of countries “on its radar” for marketing and transplanting its bionic eye, which this week received commercial go-ahead in Europe.

Second Sight’s bionic eye, the Argus II, will be available commercially after it attained the required CE Certification in Europe — via redwolf.newsvine.com