London (PA Media/dpa) – A woman who described herself as an “avid bookworm” before losing her sight is now able to read again and do crosswords after taking part in a world-first study. Sheila Irvine was one of the UK patients included in a clinical trial to test bionic eye implant PRIMA. The device helps those with geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced stage of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), to read and write again. A tiny 2mm by 2mm chip was fitted behind Irvine’s retina at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. She now wears augmented-reality glasses with a video camera, which the chip uses to beam information to a pocket computer. The computer processes the information into an electrical signal that is sent to the optical nerve and to the brain. Irvine said she took part in the

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