Science and Technology for Advanced Neural Prostheses; Pilar, Argentina, August 3-14, 2009

先进神经假体科学与技术；

• 批准号: 0820902
• 负责人: Orlando Auciello
• 金额: $ 9.95万
• 依托单位: Department of Energy
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Interagency Agreement
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-12-01 至 2009-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0820902&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Science; Technology; Advanced; Neural; Prostheses

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place August 3-14, 2009 in Pilar, Argentina. Organized by Dr. Orlando Auciello of the Argonne National Laboratory, the PASI will address the critical development of advanced neural prostheses that can make a major impact on improving the quality of life of groups of individuals, namely: 1) retinal prosthetic devices to restore sight to people blinded by inherited degeneration of retina photoreceptors, 2) cochlear prostheses to restore hearing to people impaired by degeneration of the natural sounds sensors in the cochlea, and 3) sensory nerve stimulations for restoration of motor function in people paralyzed by traumatic nerve degeneration. The activity will provide the bases for developing advanced neural prostheses via improvement of electrode materials, design and integration with bio-matter to produce bio-inspired electrodes that will provide a bio-interface to cells. Expected outcomes in this PASI will include: the bringing together of researchers with interdisciplinary expertise (physics, chemistry, materials, science, electronics, biology, eye, ear, and nerve stimulation specialists, and surgeons) to discuss the science and technology of current neural prostheses and the approaches to develop new materials, prosthesis architectures, and bio-interfaces critical to the development of smart bio-inspired electrodes for advanced neural prostheses. Results from this PASI will be disseminated through a website at Argonne National Laboratory.

泛美高级研究院(PASI)奖将于2009年8月3日至14日在阿根廷的皮拉尔举行，由NSF和能源部(DOE)联合支持。PASI由Argonne国家实验室的Orlando Auciello博士组织，将致力于先进神经假体的关键开发，这些假体可以对提高群体的生活质量产生重大影响，即：1)视网膜假体设备，使因视网膜光感受器遗传性退化而失明的人恢复视力；2)人工耳蜗，为因耳蜗自然声音传感器退化而受损的人恢复听力；以及3)感觉神经刺激，为因创伤性神经变性而瘫痪的人恢复运动功能。该活动将为开发先进的神经假体提供基础，通过改进电极材料，设计并与生物材料整合，生产生物启发电极，为细胞提供生物界面。本次PASI的预期成果将包括：汇聚具有跨学科专业知识的研究人员(物理、化学、材料、科学、电子学、生物学、眼、耳、神经刺激专家和外科医生)，讨论当前神经假体的科学和技术，以及开发新材料、假体结构和生物接口的方法，这些新材料、假体结构和生物接口对于开发先进神经假体的智能生物激励电极至关重要。这次PASI的结果将通过Argonne国家实验室的网站传播。