TY - GEN
T1 - Addressable floating light activated micro-electrical stimulators for wireless neurostimulation
AU - Freedman, David S.
AU - Spuhler, Philipp S.
AU - Cevik, Elif
AU - Unlu, M. Selim
AU - Sahin, Mesut
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Stimulation of the central nervous system can be useful for treating neurological disorders. Wireless neurostimulating devices have the benefit that they can float in tissue and do not experience the sheering caused by tethering tension that non-wireless stimulators impose on connecting wires. An optically powered, logic controlled, CMOS microdevice that can decode telemetry data from an optical packet is a potential way of implementing wireless, addressable, microstimulators. Through the use of an optical packet, different devices can be addressed for stimulation, allowing spatially selective activation of neural tissue. This work presents the design and simulations of such a neural stimulation device, specifically an optically powered CMOS circuit that decodes telemetry data and determines whether it has been addressed.
AB - Stimulation of the central nervous system can be useful for treating neurological disorders. Wireless neurostimulating devices have the benefit that they can float in tissue and do not experience the sheering caused by tethering tension that non-wireless stimulators impose on connecting wires. An optically powered, logic controlled, CMOS microdevice that can decode telemetry data from an optical packet is a potential way of implementing wireless, addressable, microstimulators. Through the use of an optical packet, different devices can be addressed for stimulation, allowing spatially selective activation of neural tissue. This work presents the design and simulations of such a neural stimulation device, specifically an optically powered CMOS circuit that decodes telemetry data and determines whether it has been addressed.
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U2 - 10.1109/NER.2011.5910592
DO - 10.1109/NER.2011.5910592
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960359662
SN - 9781424441402
T3 - 2011 5th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2011
SP - 486
EP - 489
BT - 2011 5th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2011
T2 - 2011 5th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2011
Y2 - 27 April 2011 through 1 May 2011
ER -