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

IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Slater, K D ^a   Sinclair, N C ^a   Nelson, T S ^a   Blamey, P J ^a,b   McDermott, H J ^a,b  

^a Bionics Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

bionic eye; cortical stimulation; deep brain stimulation; electrical stimulation; neural prosthesis; Neurostimulator; Suprachoroidal; visual prosthesis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTRODES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROSTHETICS; SURGERY;

CORTICAL STIMULATION; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; NEUROSTIMULATOR; SUPRACHOROIDAL; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

NEURAL PROSTHESES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROBI; PERCEPTION; RETINAL IMPLANT; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SEIZURE;

EID: 84939229993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21682372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JTEHM.2015.2455507     Document Type: Article

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