Restoration of sensory information via bionic hands

SJ Bensmaia, DJ Tyler, S Micera - Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2023 - nature.com
Individuals who have lost the use of their hands because of amputation or spinal cord injury
can use prosthetic hands to restore their independence. A dexterous prosthesis requires the …

[HTML][HTML] Selectivity and longevity of peripheral-nerve and machine interfaces: a review

U Ghafoor, S Kim, KS Hong - Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2017 - frontiersin.org
For those individuals with upper-extremity amputation, a daily normal living activity is no
longer possible or it requires additional effort and time. With the aim of restoring their …

Towards biologically plausible phosphene simulation for the differentiable optimization of visual cortical prostheses

M van der Grinten, JR van Steveninck, A Lozano… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Blindness affects millions of people around the world. A promising solution to restoring a
form of vision for some individuals are cortical visual prostheses, which bypass part of the …

The frequency of cortical microstimulation shapes artificial touch

T Callier, NW Brantly, A Caravelli… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) of the somatosensory cortex evokes vivid tactile
sensations and can be used to convey sensory feedback from brain-controlled bionic hands …

In vivo microstimulation with cathodic and anodic asymmetric waveforms modulates spatiotemporal calcium dynamics in cortical neuropil and pyramidal neurons of …

KC Stieger, JR Eles, KA Ludwig… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Electrical stimulation has been critical in the development of an understanding of brain
function and disease. Despite its widespread use and obvious clinical potential, the …

Intracortical microstimulation pulse waveform and frequency recruits distinct spatiotemporal patterns of cortical neuron and neuropil activation

KC Stieger, JR Eles, KA Ludwig… - Journal of neural …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Neural prosthetics often use intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) for sensory
restoration. To restore natural and functional feedback, we must first understand how …

In vivo imaging of calcium and glutamate responses to intracortical microstimulation reveals distinct temporal responses of the neuropil and somatic compartments in …

JR Eles, TDY Kozai - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Intracortical microelectrode implants can generate a tissue response hallmarked
by glial scarring and neuron cell death within 100–150 μm of the biomaterial device. Many …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging the stability of chronic electrical microstimulation using electrodes coated with PEDOT/CNT and iridium oxide

XS Zheng, Q Yang, A Vazquez, XT Cui - IScience, 2022 - cell.com
Chronic microstimulation is faced with challenges that require an additional understanding
of stability and safety. We implanted silicon arrays coated with poly (3, 4 …

Biologically plausible phosphene simulation for the differentiable optimization of visual cortical prostheses

M Van Der Grinten, J de Ruyter van Steveninck… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Blindness affects millions of people around the world, and is expected to become
increasingly prevalent in the years to come. For some blind individuals, a promising solution …

Multi-channel intra-cortical micro-stimulation yields quick reaction times and evokes natural somatosensations in a human participant

DA Bjånes, L Bashford, K Pejsa, B Lee, CY Liu… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Somatosensory brain-machine-interfaces (BMIs) can create naturalistic sensations by
modulating activity of neural populations in the brain. By utilizing different spatial or temporal …