SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. (NASDAQ:EYES) Files An 8-K Other EventsITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS
On February 21, 2017, Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (the “Company” or “Second Sight”) issued a press release announcing that Professor Stanislao Rizzo has completed his 30th implant of the Argus® II Retinal Prosthesis (Argus II). The 30th surgery, out of more than 220 Argus II implants worldwide, was performed by Professor Rizzo on February 9, 2017, at the Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi located in Florence, Italy, one of three centers in Italy capable of performing the surgical procedure and post-operative rehabilitation required for Argus II patients. Professor Rizzo has implanted the Argus II at centers in Florence and Pisa, Italy since the system became available in 2011 and trained surgeons at several international centers.
In Europe, Argus II is indicated for blind people suffering from advanced outer retinal degenerative diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP). RP is an inherited disease that often results in nearly complete blindness, affecting an estimated 167,000 Europeans.
A copy of our press release entitled “Second Sight Announces Professor Stanislao Rizzo Has Completed His 30th Implant of the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis” issued February 21, 2017, is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press release entitled “Second Sight Announces Professor Stanislao Rizzo Has Completed His 30th Implant of the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis“ issued by registrant dated February 21, 2017.
About SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. (NASDAQ:EYES)
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. is engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing prosthetic devices that restore vision to blind individuals. The Company’s product, the Argus II System, treats outer retinal degenerations, such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The Argus II System provides an artificial form of vision that differs from the vision of people with normal sight. It does not restore normal vision and it does not slow or reverse the progression of the disease. The Company’s Argus II System employs electrical stimulation to bypass degenerated photoreceptor cells and to stimulate remaining viable retinal cells thereby inducing visual perception in blind individuals. The Argus II System works by converting video images captured by a miniature camera housed in a patient’s glasses into a series of small electrical pulses that are transmitted wirelessly to an array of electrodes that are implanted on the surface of the retina. SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. (NASDAQ:EYES) Recent Trading Information
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