Title :
Intracortical Neural Interface for Prosthetic Applications
Author :
Ortmann, V. ; Baziyan, B.Kh.
Author_Institution :
NeuroConnex, Meckenheim
Abstract :
New design of intracortical penetrating electrodes with integrated electronic front end is presented. The main advantage of the presented manufacturing technology is a simple customization of the electrode lengths and arrangement, according to the brain geometry of the specific patient. The neural interface may be used for the stimulation of the inner cortical layers and for recording of evoked potentials. Experimental investigations on several cats have shown the higher effectiveness of the intracortical stimulation of the primary visual cortex in comparison to surface electrodes.
Keywords :
biomedical electrodes; biomedical measurement; brain; neurophysiology; prosthetics; user interfaces; visual evoked potentials; evoked potential recordings; inner cortical layer stimulation; integrated electronic front end; intracortical neural interface; intracortical penetrating electrodes; patient´s brain geometry; primary visual cortex; prosthetic applications; Blood vessels; Brain; Electrodes; Geometry; Glass; Gold; Implants; Manufacturing; Neural prosthesis; Retina; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Cats; Conditioning (Psychology); Electric Stimulation; Electrodes, Implanted; Evoked Potentials, Visual; Materials Testing; Microelectrodes; Prostheses and Implants; Visual Cortex;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353813
