An important factor in effective stimulation of the retina is close contact with the retina. The design of the electrode surface and the placement of the electrode against the retina both affect the degree of contact with the retina. We have addressed the design factor by creating a curved surface 3200-electrode array. The placement factor we have addressed by use of an impedance sensitive feedback from the array. The feedback is in the form of an image showing contact with the retina, where greater pixel intensity indicates greater impedance and thus closer contact with the retina. In this paper, we present qualitative and quantitative assessments of the relationship between impedance and the device output as well as an in vivo demonstration of contact imaging. In addition, we evaluated the three-dimensional profile of the stimulation voltage distribution to assess the importance of close retinal contact for high resolution stimulation.
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