Restoration of vision using wireless cortical implants: The Monash Vision Group project

Arthur Lowery; Jeffrey Victor Rosenfeld; Philip Mark Lewis; Damien Christopher Browne; Anand Mohan; Emma Kate Brunton; Edwin Bingbing Yan; Jerome Joseph Maller; Collette Marie Mann; Ramesh Rajan; Marcello Goncalves Rosa; Jeanette Pritchard

doi:10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318543

Restoration of vision using wireless cortical implants: The Monash Vision Group project

Arthur Lowery, Jeffrey Victor Rosenfeld, Philip Mark Lewis, Damien Christopher Browne, Anand Mohan, Emma Kate Brunton, Edwin Bingbing Yan, Jerome Joseph Maller, Collette Marie Mann, Ramesh Rajan, Marcello Goncalves Rosa, Jeanette Pritchard

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Abstract

Monash Vision Group is developing a bionic vision system based on implanting several small tiles in the V1 region of the visual cortex. This cortical approach could benefit a greater proportion of people with total blindness than other approaches, as it bypasses the eyes and optic nerve. Each tile has 43 active electrodes on its base, and a wirelessly powered electronic system to decode control signals and drive the electrodes with biphasic pulses. The tiles are fed with power and data using a common transmitting coil at the back of the patient's head. Sophisticated image processing, described in a companion paper, ensures that the user experiences maximum benefit from the small number of electrodes. This paper describes key features of this system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2015)
Editors	Jim Patton
Place of Publication	Piscataway NJ USA
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	1041-1044
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781424492701
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318543
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2015 - Milan, Italy Duration: 25 Aug 2015 → 29 Aug 2015 Conference number: 37th https://embc.embs.org/2015/ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7302811/proceeding (Proceedings)

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Conference	International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2015
Abbreviated title	EMBC 2015
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Milan
Period	25/08/15 → 29/08/15
Internet address	https://embc.embs.org/2015/ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7302811/proceeding (Proceedings)

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Lowery, A., Rosenfeld, J. V., Lewis, P. M., Browne, D. C., Mohan, A., Brunton, E. K., Yan, E. B., Maller, J. J., Mann, C. M., Rajan, R., Rosa, M. G., & Pritchard, J. (2015). Restoration of vision using wireless cortical implants: The Monash Vision Group project. In J. Patton (Ed.), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2015) (pp. 1041-1044). IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318543

Lowery, Arthur ; Rosenfeld, Jeffrey Victor ; Lewis, Philip Mark et al. / Restoration of vision using wireless cortical implants: The Monash Vision Group project. 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2015). editor / Jim Patton. Piscataway NJ USA : IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2015. pp. 1041-1044

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Restoration of vision using wireless cortical implants: The Monash Vision Group project. / Lowery, Arthur ; Rosenfeld, Jeffrey Victor; Lewis, Philip Mark et al.
2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2015). ed. / Jim Patton. Piscataway NJ USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2015. p. 1041-1044.

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