Complications of epidural spinal stimulation: lessons from the past and alternatives for the future

G Taccola, S Barber, PJ Horner, HAC Bazo, D Sayenko - Spinal Cord, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Study design Systematic review. Objectives Over the past decade, an increasing
number of studies have demonstrated that epidural spinal cord stimulation (SCS) can …

Tailoring light delivery for optogenetics by modal demultiplexing in tapered optical fibers

M Pisanello, F Pisano, L Sileo, E Maglie, E Bellistri… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Optogenetic control of neural activity in deep brain regions ideally requires precise and
flexible light delivery with non-invasive devices. To this end, Tapered Optical Fibers (TFs) …

Distributed 2D temperature sensing during nanoparticles assisted laser ablation by means of high-scattering fiber sensors

Z Ashikbayeva, A Aitkulov, M Jelbuldina… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The high demand in effective and minimally invasive cancer treatments, namely thermal
ablation, leads to the demand for real-time multi-dimensional thermometry to evaluate the …

All-optical cochlear implants

SE Trevlakis, AAA Boulogeorgos… - … , Biological and Multi …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the present work, we introduce a novel cochlear implant (CI) architecture, namely all-
optical CI (AOCI), which directly converts acoustic to optical signals capable of stimulating …

Two-photon fluorescence-assisted laser ablation of non-planar metal surfaces: fabrication of optical apertures on tapered fibers for optical neural interfaces

A Balena, M Bianco, F Pisano, M Pisanello, L Sileo… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We propose a feedback-assisted direct laser writing method to perform laser ablation of fiber
optic devices in which their light-collection signal is used to optimize their properties. A …

Ultrafast laser ablation of a multicore polymer optical fiber for multipoint light emission

HK Chandrasekharan, EP McShane, K Dhaliwal… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the use of ultrafast laser pulses to precisely ablate the side of polymer
multicore optical fibres (MCF) in such a way that light is efficiently coupled out of a set of …

Catheter system for valvuloplasty procedure

J Flores, E Schultheis - US Patent 12,016,610, 2024 - Google Patents
A catheter system (100) for treating one or more treatment sites (106) within or adjacent to
the heart valve (108) includes an energy source (124), a plurality of energy guides (122A) …

Asymmetrical balloon for intravascular lithotripsy device and method

E Schultheis - US Patent 11,583,339, 2023 - Google Patents
A catheter system for treating a treatment site within or adjacent to a vessel wall within a
body of a patient includes an energy source, a balloon, and an energy guide. The energy …

Dynamic intravascular lithotripsy device with movable energy guide

CA Cook, E Schultheis - US Patent 12,102,384, 2024 - Google Patents
A catheter system for treating a treatment site within or adjacent to a blood vessel within a
body of a patient, the treatment site having a proximal region and a distal region, includes an …

Balloon surface photoacoustic pressure wave generation to disrupt vascular lesions

RW McGowan, DF Massimini, H Shao… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
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