A review of implant communication technology in WBAN: Progress and challenges

AK Teshome, B Kibret, DTH Lai - IEEE reviews in biomedical …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past six decades, there has been tremendous progress made in the field of medical
implant communications. A comprehensive review of the progress, current state of the art …

[HTML][HTML] Brain machine interfaces for vision restoration: the current state of cortical visual prosthetics

S Niketeghad, N Pouratian - Neurotherapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Loss of vision alters the day to day life of blind individuals and may impose a significant
burden on their family and the economy. Cortical visual prosthetics have been shown to …

On closed-loop brain stimulation systems for improving the quality of life of patients with neurological disorders

AN Belkacem, N Jamil, S Khalid… - Frontiers in human …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Emerging brain technologies have significantly transformed human life in recent decades.
For instance, the closed-loop brain-computer interface (BCI) is an advanced software …

Brain-machine interfaces to assist the blind

M Ptito, M Bleau, I Djerourou, S Paré… - Frontiers in Human …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The loss or absence of vision is probably one of the most incapacitating events that can
befall a human being. The importance of vision for humans is also reflected in brain anatomy …

Activation and depression of neural and hemodynamic responses induced by the intracortical microstimulation and visual stimulation in the mouse visual cortex

N Suematsu, AL Vazquez… - Journal of Neural …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) can be an effective method for restoring
sensory perception in contemporary brain–machine interfaces. However, the mechanisms …

Advances in neuroscience, not devices, will determine the effectiveness of visual prostheses

B Abbasi, JF Rizzo - Seminars in Ophthalmology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Innovations in engineering and neuroscience have enabled the development
of sophisticated visual prosthetic devices. In clinical trials, these devices have provided …

Zero-power ultrasonic wakeup receiver based on MEMS switches for implantable medical devices

F Pop, SD Calisgan, B Herrera, A Risso… - … on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article demonstrates, for the first time, a zero-power ultrasonic wakeup receiver for intra-
body communication with Implantable Medical Devices (IMDs). The system is based on a …

Progress in developing an emulation of a neuromorphic device that is predicted to enhance existing cortical prosthetic vision technology by engaging desired visual …

R Pavloski - Prosthesis, 2022 - mdpi.com
The utility of currently available cortical prosthetic vision systems is disappointing. The
essential features of a neuromorphic device that is predicted to enhance vision provided by …

The ovine motor cortex: a review of functional mapping and cytoarchitecture

SE John, TJH Lovell, NL Opie, S Wilson… - Neuroscience & …, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, sheep (Ovis aries) have emerged as a useful animal model for neurological
research due to their relatively large brain and blood vessel size, their cortical architecture …

Model-based comparison of current flow in rod bipolar cells of healthy and early-stage degenerated retina

P Kosta, E Iseri, K Loizos, J Paknahad… - Experimental eye …, 2021 - Elsevier
Retinal degenerative diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa, are generally thought to initiate
with the loss of photoreceptors, though recent work suggests that plasticity and remodeling …