ARGUS II FITTED INTO HER EYE
Fran Fulton is 66, and she’s been
fully blind for about 10 years. A few weeks ago, all that changed.
“When they ‘turned me on’ so to speak it
was absolutely the most breathtaking experience” — Fran Fulton
FULTON WITH HER FAMILY
Fulton suffers from retinitis
pigmentosa – a degenerative eye disease that slowly causes light-sensitive
cells in the retina to die off. Over the course of several years she lost her
sight, and for the past 10 years she hasn’t been able to see anything at all.
But in late July, Fulton was outfitted with a system called the Argus II. A
pair of camera-equipped glasses are hooked up to electrodes implanted in her
eyeball, which feed her brain visual information. Using the system, she can now
see the world again. What’s the experience like?
“When they ‘turned me on’ so to speak
it was absolutely the most breathtaking experience,” she says. “I was just so
overwhelmed and so excited, my heart started beating so fast I had to put my
hand on my chest because I thought it was going to pop."
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