A Silicon Based, Three Dimensional Microsystem for Stimulation of the Visual Cortex

这是一项应用研究计划，具有广泛的科学意义。 基地，即，神经生理学、电气工程、机械 工程和微型制造。 本研究旨在 生产具有非常高密度的刺激微生物的装置 每平方厘米上千个微电极。 该装置将直接植入视觉表面， 试验动物的皮层，用于产生人工视觉 通过电刺激他们的脑细胞来获取信息。 这个新 技术可能会导致许多新的应用，包括：人工 视觉为不可逆的盲人，人工神经神经和神经- 肌肉连接，直接进入大脑控制 神经电输出异常，神经和肌肉 监测电极。

This is an applied research proposal which has a broad scientific base, ie., neurophysiology, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and micro-manufacturing. The purpose of this research is to produce a device having a very high density of stimulating micro- electrodes, perhaps a thousand micro-electrodes per square centimeter. This device will be implanted directly onto the surface of the visual cortex of test animals and used to produce artificial visual information by electrically stimulating their brain cells. This new technology could lead to many new applications including: artificial vision for the irreversibly blind, artificial nerve-nerve and nerve- muscle connections, direct access to the brain for the control of abnormal nervous electrical outputs, and neural and muscular monitoring electrodes.