Second Sight Announces Expansion of Medicare Coverage for Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System to 11 Additional States and the District of Columbia -- Argus II Can Now Be Covered in Seven of 12 Medicare Administrative Cont

Second Sight Announces Expansion

of Medicare Coverage for Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System to 11 Additional States and the District of Columbia

-- Argus II Can Now Be Covered in Seven

of 12 Medicare Administrative Contractor Jurisdictions, representing a total of 28 states, two territories, and the District of

SYLMAR, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Second Sight Medical Products,

Inc. (NASDAQ:EYES) ("Second Sight" or "the Company"), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable

visual prosthetics to provide some useful vision to blind patients, today announced the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis

System ("Argus II") can now be covered by Medicare in seven of the 12 Medicare Administrative Contractor ("MAC")

jurisdictions nationwide, representing a total of 28 states, two territories, and the District of Columbia.

The MAC for jurisdictions JH and JL, Novitas Solutions, Inc.

("Novitas") published a local coverage determination removing the Category III Current Procedural Terminology Code

that describes the Argus II placement procedure (0100T) from the listing of codes that are considered not reasonable and necessary.

This decision authorizes coverage of Argus II, when medically necessary, to Medicare beneficiaries in Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware,

Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and the District of Columbia.

By allowing Medicare coverage for Argus II, Novitas joins MACs

CGS Administrators (jurisdiction J15), Palmetto GBA (jurisdiction JM), National Government Services (jurisdictions J6 and JK),

and First Coast Service Options (jurisdiction JN).

Will McGuire, President and CEO of Second Sight, said, "We

are pleased that Novitas has made this important decision to facilitate coverage of the Argus II, which we believe will enable

us to offer greater access to patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa and continue to fulfill our mission of providing useful vision

Second Sight continues to work with other MACs and payers to

secure affirmative coverage policies for the Argus II and to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries nationwide have access to this

revolutionary technology.

About the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System

Second Sight's Argus II System provides electrical stimulation

that bypasses the defunct retinal cells and stimulates remaining viable cells inducing visual perception in individuals with severe

to profound Retinitis Pigmentosa. The Argus II works by converting images captured by a miniature video camera mounted on the patient's

glasses into a series of small electrical pulses, which are transmitted wirelessly to an array of electrodes implanted on the surface

of the retina. These pulses stimulate the retina's remaining cells, intending to result in the perception of patterns of

light in the brain. The patient must learn to interpret these visual patterns, having the potential to regain some visual function.

The Argus II was the first artificial retina to receive widespread approval, and is offered at approved centers in Canada, France,

Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the U.S.

Second Sight's mission is to develop, manufacture and

market innovative implantable visual prosthetics to enable blind individuals to achieve greater independence. Second Sight has

developed and manufactures the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System. Second Sight is currently conducting a trial to test the

safety and utility of the Argus II in individuals with Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Second Sight is also developing the

Orion I Visual Cortical Prosthesis that is intended to restore some vision to individuals who are blind due to many causes

other than preventable or treatable conditions. U.S. Headquarters are in Sylmar, CA, and European Headquarters are in Lausanne,

Switzerland. For more information, visit www.secondsight.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within

the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange and Exchange Act

of 1934, as amended, which are intended to be covered by the "safe harbor" created by those sections. All statements

in this release that are not based on historical fact are "forward looking statements." These statements may be identified

by words such as "estimates," "anticipates," "projects," "plans," or "planned,"

"seeks," "may," "will," "expects," "intends," "believes,"

"should" and similar expressions or the negative versions thereof and which also may be identified by their context.

All statements that address strategies, estimated size of potential markets, anticipated expansion of MAC coverage, operating performance

or events or developments that Second Sight expects or anticipates will occur in the future, or that are not otherwise historical

facts, are forward-looking statements. While management has based any forward looking statements included in this release on its

current expectations, the information on which such expectations were based may change. Forward-looking statements involve inherent

risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, as

a result of various factors including those risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion

and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed on March 16,

2017, and our other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We urge you to consider those

risks and uncertainties in evaluating our forward-looking statements. We caution readers not to place undue reliance upon any such

forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws,

we disclaim any obligation or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained

herein (or elsewhere) to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances

on which any such statement is based.

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