A benchtop system to assess the feasibility of a fully independent and implantable brain-machine interface.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

State-of-the-art invasive brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) have shown significant promise, but rely on external electronics and wired connections between the brain and these external components. This configuration presents health risks and limits practical use. These limitations can be addressed by designing a fully implantable BMI similar to existing FDA-approved implantable devices. Here, a prototype BMI system whose size and power consumption are comparable to those of fully implantable medical devices was designed and implemented, and its performance was tested at the benchtop and bedside.

Approach

A prototype of a fully implantable BMI system was designed and implemented as a miniaturized embedded system. This benchtop analogue was tested in its ability to acqu

SUBMITTER: Wang PT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7271898 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature