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Vivani Medical Subsidiary Cortigent to Present Orion Clinical Study Results at The Eye and The Chip World Research Congress on Artificial Vision October 8-10
EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vivani Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: VANI), an innovative, preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel,
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[{"type":"text","content":" EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nVivani Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: VANI), an innovative, preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, long-term drug implants, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Cortigent, Inc., a company pioneering targeted neurostimulation technology to recover critical body functions, will present the Early Feasibility Study (EFS) results for the Orion® Visual Cortical Prosthesis System at The Eye & The Chip: 13th World Research Congress on Artificial Vision in Southfield, Michigan on October 8-10, 2023.\n\n\nCortigent’s Principal Investigator for the National Institutes of Health - funded Orion EFS (UH3NS103442), Uday Patel Ph.D., will give a talk covering the abstract “Orion Visual Cortical Prosthesis System: 5-year Clinical Trial Results” that has been accepted by this preeminent research congress focused on recent advances in nanoelectronics and neurobiology to provide artificial vision.\n\n\nFive years after implantation of the Orion device on the surface of the visual cortex of the brain, the three subjects who are still participating in the study have not reported any device malfunctions and continue to be able to use their systems at home and in their communities. The Orion EFS has been extended to a six-year study to assess the long-term safety, reliability, and visual function provided by this novel medical device, and to allow exploration of novel techniques to further improve efficacy.\n\n\n“Based on the user benefits and safety profile we have seen to date,” said Dr. Patel, “we believe the Orion system could become a major advance in the quest to deliver meaningful visual perception to profoundly blind people. The knowledge gained through the EFS will help guide us as we pursue a pivotal study.”\n\n\nThe Orion system is being developed with the goal of providing artificial visual to people who are profoundly blind due to many common causes, comprising more than 82,000 Americans according to a company-sponsored report. The Orion System is an investigational device that will require successful completion of one or more pivotal clinical trial(s) and subsequent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for commercialization.\n\n\nAbout Cortigent, Inc.\n\n\nCortigent Inc., a subsidiary of Vivani Medical, Inc., was formed to continue the business of Second Sight ...