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Jul 22, 2026 · Archive
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Max Hodak's Science Corp Wins EU Clearance For Bionic Eye Implant

PRIMA fuses a subretinal chip with camera glasses, giving patients blinded by geographic atrophy a way to perceive shapes again.

  • The CE Mark falls under the EU's Medical Device Regulation, in force since 2021.
  • Geographic atrophy is advanced dry macular degeneration, a leading blindness cause with no approved cure.
  • Science Corp's co-founder Max Hodak also co-founded, then left, Elon Musk's Neuralink.

Why it matters: Regulatory approval restores no vision itself, it merely licenses in Europe a device already proven years ago.

Science Corporation official press release ↗ · Jul 22, 20267/22/26