Making a Donation

Vision loss due to retinal degeneration (such as macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa) affects millions. In principle we should be able to restore vision using an electronic implant that replaces the function of the retina, but previous attempts to do this have not worked well. Why? We think the key reason is that present-day implants do not take into account our scientific understanding of the retina: many distinct retinal cell types have different functions and must be addressed independently in order to restore vision. We are developing a next-generation retinal implant that does exactly this, based on an interdisciplinary collaboration involving neurophysiology, surgery, electrical engineering, materials science, and computer science. We hope it will be the first device to provide high-fidelity vision restoration. Funding is needed to combine the technologies we have developed to create the first implantable device and test it experimentally. Your gift will support fabrication, engineering and the first-in-human tests of this advanced technology for sight restoration.

If you would like to make a donation for this purpose, please click below or contact:

Toba Rainess
Medical Center Development
Phone: 650-465-9919
Email: Toba.Rainess@stanford.edu

Directions:

After clicking the above “DONATE” button,

1. Select the drop-down menu under “Direct your gift”

2. Then, select “Other Stanford Designation”

3. Type under the “Other” box “The Stanford Artificial Retina Project”