Wireless Power and Control Network for Neural Prosthese

Information

  • Research Project
  • 6584755
  • ApplicationId
    6584755
  • Core Project Number
    R43NS045419
  • Full Project Number
    1R43NS045419-01
  • Serial Number
    45419
  • FOA Number
  • Sub Project Id
  • Project Start Date
    4/16/2003 - 21 years ago
  • Project End Date
    9/14/2004 - 19 years ago
  • Program Officer Name
    CHEN, DAOFEN
  • Budget Start Date
    4/16/2003 - 21 years ago
  • Budget End Date
    9/14/2004 - 19 years ago
  • Fiscal Year
    2003
  • Support Year
    1
  • Suffix
  • Award Notice Date
    -

Wireless Power and Control Network for Neural Prosthese

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R&D project will develop a novel wireless product for delivering power and control signals to implanted neural prosthetic devices. The new wireless technology uses the human body as a transmission medium, eliminating many of the undesirable side effects of implanting wires and power sources within the body. The major advantages of this technology are that it can power a diverse network of wireless implanted devices, and that it can transmit power from a single, convenient point throughout the body. The wireless product will be developed by a) adapting a novel E-field transmission technology developed on a previous DOD-funded effort, and by b) taking advantage of the well-known 'strength-frequency' properties of electrically excitable tissues - namely, that the excitability of nerve and muscle tissue is highest (i.e. thresholds are lowest) at sinusoidal stimulation frequencies below 1kHz. First, the electrical power requirements of a variety of neural prosthetic technologies will be established. Based on these requirements, several user-acceptable energy transmitter configurations will be defined. A study will examine several safety parameters to ensure that the technology is free of undesirable side effects. Finally, a proof of concept wireless stimulation device will be constructed and verified in a laboratory model.

IC Name
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE
  • Activity
    R43
  • Administering IC
    NS
  • Application Type
    1
  • Direct Cost Amount
  • Indirect Cost Amount
  • Total Cost
    97865
  • Sub Project Total Cost
  • ARRA Funded
  • CFDA Code
    853
  • Ed Inst. Type
  • Funding ICs
    NINDS:97865\
  • Funding Mechanism
  • Study Section
    ZRG1
  • Study Section Name
    Special Emphasis Panel
  • Organization Name
    VORTANT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
  • Organization Department
  • Organization DUNS
  • Organization City
    WEAVERVILLE
  • Organization State
    NC
  • Organization Country
    UNITED STATES
  • Organization Zip Code
    28787
  • Organization District
    UNITED STATES