The Artificial Retina is a retinal prosthesis that can be used to treat age-related macular degeneration and inherited retinal disorders such as retinitis pigmentosa.
人工视网膜是视网膜假体，可用于治疗年龄相关性黄斑变性和遗传视网膜色素变性等视网膜疾病。
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In retinal degenerative diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa, cones stop providing vision before they die and can remain in a compromised state for several years.
在视网膜变性疾病，如色素性视网膜炎，视锥体停止提供视力死亡之前，可以在妥协的状态持续数年。
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Retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are the most common causes of blindness in old age, and involve the gradual and normally irreversible destruction of retinal cells.