"That's the market coming to them, " says Kevin Tynan, an analyst at Argus Research.
In the Argus II, the newer generation device, the surgery takes two hours and involves 60 electrodes.
"How big this is depends on how long it lasts, " said Phil Weiss, an analyst at Argus Research.
The device, called the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System and made by Second Sight Medical Products of Sylmar, Calif.
Some 50 patients, including Ms. Campbell, have been implanted with the Argus II, with two-thirds of them experiencing benefits.
"The majority of observers reported foul play, " wrote Petroleum Argus when assessing gas prices on the day of the spike.
This approach is different than most other artificial retinal treatments, such as the recently FDA approved Argus II system.
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"There has to be more to it than a purely passive play, " says Kevin Tynan, an auto analyst at Argus Research.
With approval from the FDA, the Argus II is slated to be available later this year in clinical centers across the country.
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"Dan is one of the new breed and the sooner he gets a cap the better, " Turner told the South Wales Argus.
"Costs will go up, " said Phil Weiss, an analyst at Argus Research.
The FDA reviewed data that included a clinical study of 30 study participants with RP who received the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System.
The Argus II is already available in Europe, and will be available at seven hospitals in New York, California, Texas, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
"The AAW runs at a deficit and we simply don't have the funding available to financially support coaches, " Brace told the South Wales Argus.
"We've signed three players to bring strength to the squad who are all good acquisitions, " Dragons coach Paul Turner told the South Wales Argus.
The Argus 2 requires an external power supply paired with external hardware, like goggles that collect pictures and send them directly to the optic nerve.
"The fight goes on and our boys won't stop until it is over, " Ebbw Vale director of rugby Rowland Phillips told the South Wales Argus.
Results from the clinical study show that most participants were able to perform basic activities better with the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System than without it.
Second Sight's Argus II contains 60 electrodes, but some other scientists say that for a retinal prosthesis to be truly useful to patients, hundreds are needed.
According to the Vickers Weekly Insider Report, published by Argus Research, the average level of this ratio over the last four decades is between 2-to-1 and 2.5-to-1.
The military potential here is obvious, but DARPA is keeping mum on any future implementations of the ARGUS-IS -- or if it's been in use all this time.
There are two parts to the Argus II Retinal System.
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Although the resulting vision is not the same as when these patients had normal vision, investigators involved in the clinical trial of the Argus II are eager about the approval.
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The Argus II was approved with the CE mark for use in Europe in 2011 and the Retinal Prosthesis system is the first prosthesis of its kind in the world.
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He spoke to the South Wales Argus on a visit to Newport on Tuesday amid concerns about the number of retail premises closing on high streets across the country.
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Argus II is set to become available later this year in U.S. clinical centers, and Second Sight said it would be adding sites to make the therapy more readily available.
Other research projects in the field of artificial retinas are currently focusing on carbon-based materials like nanocrystalline diamond and graphene, but those are intended for replacing silicon electrodes, like the Argus 2.
In March 2013, the Argus 2 was approved by the FDA for use in the United States and has the capacity to restore functional vision from people suffering from blindness.
She had the Argus II implanted in her left eye in 2009 after hearing about the device through her work at the New York state Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped.
What the company needs, says analyst Phil Weiss at Argus Research, is a captain who will lead Chesapeake away from its perennial focus on asset accumulation into a disciplined program of asset harvest.
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