Pixium Vision was created in December 2011 by Bernard Gilly, Prof. José-Alain Sahel and several renowned scientists from prestigious academic and technology institutions in France and around the world.

Pixium Vision is developing innovative Bionic Vision Restoration Systems (VRS), which are active implantable medical devices intended to treat blindness resulting from the degeneration of retinal photoreceptor cells. These devices are intended for blind patients whose optic nerve remain functional.