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Monash Vision Group achieves functional phosphene vision in 4 blind patients
Nature Medicine News4/9/2026·04/09/26🌐 Asia
Summary
Monash University researchers demonstrated sustained visual perception in 4 completely blind patients using a 172-electrode cortical surface BCI, enabling simple shape identification and obstacle course navigation using only BCI-generated phosphenes.
Why it matters
These Monash results with real-world navigation outcomes are among the most clinically significant vision BCI results published, validating the cortical approach for patients with no functional retina or optic nerve.
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