Miniaturised wireless power transfer systems for neurostimulation: A review

GL Barbruni, PM Ros, D Demarchi… - … Circuits and Systems, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In neurostimulation, wireless power transfer is an efficient technology to overcome several
limitations affecting medical devices currently used in clinical practice. Several methods …

Bioinspired artificial eyes: optic components, digital cameras, and visual prostheses

GJ Lee, C Choi, DH Kim… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The diverse vision systems found in nature can provide interesting design inspiration for
imaging devices, ranging from optical subcomponents to digital cameras and visual …

Photovoltaic retinal prosthesis restores high-resolution responses to single-pixel stimulation in blind retinas

NAL Chenais, MJI Airaghi Leccardi… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Retinal prostheses hold the promise of restoring vision in totally blind people. However, a
decade of clinical trials highlighted quantitative limitations hampering the possibility of …

Design and validation of a foldable and photovoltaic wide-field epiretinal prosthesis

L Ferlauto, MJI Airaghi Leccardi, NAL Chenais… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Retinal prostheses have been developed to fight blindness in people affected by outer
retinal layer dystrophies. To date, few hundred patients have received a retinal implant …

POLYRETINA restores light responses in vivo in blind Göttingen minipigs

P Vagni, MJI Airaghi Leccardi, CH Vila… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Retinal prostheses hold the potential for artificial vision in blind people affected by incurable
diseases of the outer retinal layer. Available technologies provide only a small field of view …

Photoelectrochemical TiO2‐Au‐Nanowire‐Based Motor for Precise Modulation of Single‐Neuron Activities

B Chen, L Liu, K Liu, F Tong, S Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Micro/nanomotors are revolutionary miniaturized robotic systems capable of converting
diverse energy sources, including light, ultrasound, and thermal heat, into mechanical …

Nanowire arrays restore vision in blind mice

J Tang, N Qin, Y Chong, Y Diao, Yiliguma… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The restoration of light response with complex spatiotemporal features in retinal
degenerative diseases towards retinal prosthesis has proven to be a considerable …

Advances in visual prostheses: engineering and biological challenges

E Borda, D Ghezzi - Progress in Biomedical Engineering, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Vision is an extraordinary sense through which we can appreciate the beauty of the world
we live in, gain invaluable knowledge and communicate with others using visual expression …

Spatially selective activation of the visual cortex via intraneural stimulation of the optic nerve

V Gaillet, A Cutrone, F Artoni, P Vagni… - Nature biomedical …, 2020 - nature.com
Retinal prostheses can restore a functional form of vision in patients affected by dystrophies
of the outer retinal layer. Beyond clinical utility, prostheses for the stimulation of the optic …

Materials for implantable surface electrode arrays: current status and future directions

CM Tringides, DJ Mooney - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Surface electrode arrays are mainly fabricated from rigid or elastic materials, and precisely
manipulated ductile metal films, which offer limited stretchability. However, the living tissues …