[HTML][HTML] Flexible, penetrating brain probes enabled by advances in polymer microfabrication

A Weltman, J Yoo, E Meng - Micromachines, 2016 - mdpi.com
The acquisition of high-fidelity, long-term neural recordings in vivo is critically important to
advance neuroscience and brain–machine interfaces. For decades, rigid materials such as …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical and biological interactions of implants with the brain and their impact on implant design

D Prodanov, J Delbeke - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Neural prostheses have already a long history and yet the cochlear implant remains the only
success story about a longterm sensory function restoration. On the other hand, neural …

Chronic in vivo stability assessment of carbon fiber microelectrode arrays

PR Patel, H Zhang, MT Robbins, JB Nofar… - Journal of neural …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Individual carbon fiber microelectrodes can record unit activity in both acute and
semi-chronic (∼ 1 month) implants. Additionally, new methods have been developed to …

Fit for purpose application of currently existing animal models in the discovery of novel epilepsy therapies

W Löscher - Epilepsy research, 2016 - Elsevier
Animal seizure and epilepsy models continue to play an important role in the early discovery
of new therapies for the symptomatic treatment of epilepsy. Since 1937, with the discovery of …

Design and optimization of ultrasonic wireless power transmission links for millimeter-sized biomedical implants

M Meng, M Kiani - IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound has been recently proposed as an alternative modality for efficient wireless
power transmission (WPT) to biomedical implants with millimeter (mm) dimensions. This …

A figure-of-merit for design and optimization of inductive power transmission links for millimeter-sized biomedical implants

A Ibrahim, M Kiani - IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power transmission efficiency (PTE) has been the key parameter for wireless power
transmission (WPT) to biomedical implants with millimeter (mm) dimensions. It has been …

Histological evaluation of a chronically-implanted electrocorticographic electrode grid in a non-human primate

AD Degenhart, J Eles, R Dum, JL Mischel… - Journal of neural …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Electrocorticography (ECoG), used as a neural recording modality for brain-
machine interfaces (BMIs), potentially allows for field potentials to be recorded from the …

Silicon-integrated high-density electrocortical interfaces

S Ha, A Akinin, J Park, C Kim, H Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent demand and initiatives in brain research have driven significant interest toward
developing chronically implantable neural interface systems with high spatiotemporal …

Framework for the development of neuroprostheses: from basic understanding by sciatic and median nerves models to bionic legs and hands

S Raspopovic, FM Petrini… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Neuroprostheses based on electrical stimulation are becoming a therapeutic reality,
dramatically improving the life of disabled people. They are based on neural interfaces that …

The evolution of neuroprosthetic interfaces

DO Adewole, MD Serruya, JP Harris… - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2016 - dl.begellhouse.com
The ideal neuroprosthetic interface permits high-quality neural recording and stimulation of
the nervous system while reliably providing clinical benefits over chronic periods. Although …