Patent ID: 8447410

Claim:
An implantable device to affect an eye comprising: a stimulating source; a polymer base layer forming an array portion and a cable portion; patterned metal traces deposited on the polymer base layer receiving electrical signals from said stimulating source; a polymer top layer deposited on said polymer base layer over said metal traces; said array portion molded in an approximately spherical shape prior to implantation and adapted to be positioned subretinally; and at least one electrode on a concave side of said array portion; wherein the cable portion electrically connects said array portion to said stimulating source; wherein said cable portion is suitable, when the electrode is implanted near the fovea, to pass transretinally into the vitreous cavity of the eye; said cable portion suitably designed to pass through the sclera at the pars plana, a point where there is no retina; and said stimulating source is suitable to be located outside the sclera.