FDA approves BrainPort V100 device to orientate blind people- Wicab Inc.
The FDA has allowed marketing of a new device BrainPort V100 from Wicab Inc.,that when used along with other supportive devices, like a cane or guide dog, can help orient people who are blind by helping them process visual images with their tongues.
The BrainPort V100 is a battery-powered device that includes a video camera mounted on a pair of glasses and a small, flat intra-oral device containing a series of electrodes that the user holds against the tongue. Software converts the image captured by the video camera in to electrical signals that are then sent to the intra-oral device and perceived as vibrations or tingling on the user�s tongue. With training and experience, the user learns to interpret the signals to determine the location, position, size, and shape of objects, and to determine if objects are moving or stationary.
Comment: BrainPort V100 received CE Mark approval in March 2013.
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