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The position of the Alpha-IMS chip in a patient, 2 months after surgery. The guiding process helps the chip along the subretinal space when being inserted. Some mild pigmentary changes are visible in the neurosensory retina overlying the light-sensitive pixel array. Pigment migration is common in retinitis pigmentosa and very heavy pigmentation over the chip may in theory reduce light sensitivity.
