Intracortical neural interface for prosthetic applications.
New design of intracortical penetrating electrodes with integrated electronic front end is presented. The main advantage of the presented manufacturing technology is a simple customization of the electrode lengths and arrangement, according to the brain geometry of the specific patient. The neural interface may be used for the stimulation of the inner cortical layers and for recording of evoked potentials. Experimental investigations on several cats have shown the higher effectiveness of the intracortical stimulation of the primary visual cortex in comparison to surface electrodes.
Ortmann
Valerij
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NeuroConnex, Meckenheim, Germany. info@neuroconnex.com
Baziyan
Boris Kh
BKh
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D002415:Cats; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D008422:Materials Testing; D008839:Microelectrodes; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*