circuit electrode array 10 further an attachment point 54 is provided near the flexible circuit electrode array 10 a retina tack not shown is placed through the attachment point 54 to hold the flexible circuit electrode array 10 to the retina a stress relief 55 is provided surrounding the attachment point 54 the stress relief 55 may be made of a softer polymer than the flexible circuit or it may include cutouts or thinning of the polymer to reduce the stress transmitted from the retina tack to the flexible circuit electrode array 10 the flexible circuit cable 12 is formed in a dog leg pattern so than when it is folded at fold 48 it effectively forms a straight flexible circuit cable 12 with a narrower portion at the fold 48 for passing through the scleratomy fig6 shows the flexible circuit electrode array 10 after the flexible circuit cable 12 is folded at the fold 48 to form a narrowed section the flexible circuit cable 12 may include a twist or tube shape as well with a retinal prosthesis as shown in fig1 the interconnection pad 52 for connection to the electronics package 14 and the flexible circuit electrode array 10 are on opposite side of the flexible circuit this requires patterning in some manner both the base polymer layer and the top polymer layer by folding the flexible circuit cable 12 of the flexible circuit electrode array.