FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 5, 2017

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On December 5, 2017, Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (the “Company” or “we”) issued a press release announcing market entry into Iran, implanting the first two patients with the Company’s Argus^® II Retinal Prosthesis System (“Argus II”). The implant was facilitated by the country’s exclusive distribution partner for Iran, Arshia Gostar Darman Co. Ltd.

The implants were performed in Shiraz, Iran during November 2017, by Professor Mohsen Farvardin and his team at the Shiraz Pars Hospital and Khalili Hospital, Shiraz Medical Science University in 44-year-old and 33-year-old patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa.

A copy of our press release entitled “Second Sight Announces Market Entry into Iran with First Two Implants of Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System” is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 8, 2017

SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.