Intracortical visual prosthesis research - approach and progress.
Following the early work of Brindley in the late 1960's, the NIH began intramural and extramural funding for stimulation of the primary visual coretex using fine-wire electrodes that are inserted into area VI for the prupose of restoring vision in individuals with blindness. More recently researchers with experience in this projectbecame part of our multi-institutional team with the intention to identify and close technological gaps so that the intracortical approach might be tested in humans on a chronic basis. Our team has formulated an approach for testing a prototype system in a human volunteer. Here, we describe our progress and expectations.
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Pritzker Inst Biomed Sci & Eng, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, Il;
Bradley
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Bak
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Cogan
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Erickson
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Hu
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Kufta
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McCreery
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Schmidt
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Sung
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Towle
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