HORNET Center for Autonomic Nerve Recording and Stimulation Systems (CARSS)

尽管对生物电子医学应用进行临床研究有广泛的兴趣， 没有用于自主神经刺激的开放架构和开源植入式系统， 录制.因此，临床研究人员在获得技术、监管和财务方面面临重大障碍。 获得执行这些临床研究所需的植入式神经调节技术。 目前有几种临床闭环可植入神经调节系统，它们具有 有助于临床研究。然而，在他们目前的形式，没有一个是适合的生物电子 医学应用，因为它们缺乏访问自主神经的关键模块;此外，其中许多 使用封闭的体系结构和专有软件。 为了应对这一挑战，我们建议为植入式脉冲发生器开发PCBA和固件 (IPG)平台和外部充电器，这将是基于一个灵活的，开放式架构，开源， 模块化方法。这种灵活性将允许针对不同临床适应症的显著程度的定制， 包括开环和闭环IPG操作。PCBA和固件模块将设计用于 与大量选择的感测和刺激引线连接。一旦IPG和充电器模块 开发完成后，它们将接受实验室测试。

Despite a wide-ranging interest in performing clinical research for bioelectronic medicine applications, there are no available open-architecture and open-source implantable systems for autonomic nerve stimulation and recording. As a result, clinical researchers face significant technical, regulatory, and financial hurdles in getting access to the implantable neuromodulation technologies that are required for performing these clinical studies. There are several clinical closed-loop implantable neuromodulation systems presently available and they have been helpful in supporting clinical research. However, in their current form, none are suitable for the bioelectronic medicine applications, as they lack key modules for accessing the autonomic nerves; moreover, many of them use closed architectures and proprietary software. To address this challenge, we propose to develop the PCBA and firmware for the implantable pulse generator (IPG) platform and external charger, which will be based on a flexible, open-architecture, open-source, and modular approach. Such flexibility will allow a significant degree of customization for different clinical indications, including open-loop and closed-loop IPG operation. The PCBA and firmware modules will be designed for interfacing with a large selection of sensing and stimulation leads. Once the IPG and charger modules are developed, they will be subjected to the benchtop testing.