Title :
Silicon LSI-based smart stimulators for retinal prosthesis
Author :
Ohta, Jun ; Tokuda, Takashi ; Kagawa, Keiichiro ; Furumiya, Tetsuo ; Uehara, Akihiro ; Terasawa, Yasuo ; Ozawa, Motoki ; Fujikado, Takashi ; Tano, Yasuo
Author_Institution :
Graduated Sch. of Mat. Sci., Nara Inst. of Sci. & Tech.
Abstract :
In this article, the authors report on a retinal prosthesis smart stimulator that is biocompatible and fully compatible with a standard large-scale-integration (LSI) structure and that provides high-stimulation efficiency. Our stimulator is based on multimicrochip architecture. The stimulator has been specifically developed for retinal prostheses, but it could be applied to other neuroscience and clinical neuroengineering fields
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; eye; large scale integration; prosthetics; semiconductor devices; silicon; Si; biocompatibility; clinical neuroengineering; high-stimulation efficiency; large-scale-integration; multimicrochip architecture; neuroscience; retinal prosthesis; silicon LSI; smart stimulators; Electrodes; Large scale integration; Neural engineering; Neural prosthesis; Neuroscience; Prosthetics; Retina; Silicon; Sociotechnical systems; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MEMB.2006.1705747
