Electrical stimulation

Integrating Brain Implants with Local and Distributed Computing Devices: A Next Generation Epilepsy Management System

Author(s)3: Vaclav Kremen, Benjamin H. Brinkmann, Inyong Kim, Hari Guragain, Mona Nasseri, Abigail L. Magee, Tal Pal Attia, Peter Nejedly, Vladimir Sladky, Nathanial Nelson, SuYoune Chang, Jeffrey A. Herron, Tom Adamski, Steven Baldassano, Jan Cimbalnik, Vince Vasoli, Elizabeth Fehrmann, Tom Chouinard, Edward E. Patterson, Brian Litt, Matt Stead, Jamie Van Gompel, Beverly K. Sturges, Chelsea M. Crowe, Timothy Denison, Gregory A. Worrell
Integrating Brain Implants with Local and Distributed Computing Devices: A Next Generation Epilepsy Management System 375 500 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

                          Brain stimulation has emerged as an effective treatment for a wide range of neurological and psychiatric diseases. Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and essential tremor have FDA indications for electrical brain…

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Accelerometer Based Assessment of Intestinal Peristalsis: Towards Miniaturized Low Power Solutions for Intestinal Implants

Author(s)3: Nora Vanessa de Camp, Axel Heimann, Oliver Kempski, Jürgen Bergeler
Accelerometer Based Assessment of Intestinal Peristalsis: Towards Miniaturized Low Power Solutions for Intestinal Implants 375 594 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

    Intestinal electrical stimulation via implants is already used to treat several disorders like constipation or incontinence. Stimulation parameters are most often empiric and not based on systematic studies. One…

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neuroBi: A Highly Configurable Neurostimulator for a Retinal Prosthesis and Other Applications

Author(s)3: Kyle D. Slater, Nicholas C. Sinclair, Timothy S. Nelson, Peter J. Blamey, Hugh J. McDermott
neuroBi: A Highly Configurable Neurostimulator for a Retinal Prosthesis and Other Applications 780 435 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

This paper presents an innovative neurostimulator for use with a suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis. Clinical test results are described which show it to be effective in eliciting visual percepts in a…

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