STAT | Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Follow STAT+: ‘Cochlear implant for blindness’ debuts in Europe, could launch in U.S. in 2027 Science Corporation announced the European launch of its retinal implant for patients with age-related macular degeneration. https://www.statnews.com/2026/07/22/prima-retinal-implant-for-macular-degeneration-us-timeline/ statnews.com