An Implantable Integrated System to Restore Vision in the Blind

这项由一组研究人员提出的建议，在实现全盲人视网膜假体方面取得了稳步和持续的进展，将带来电子学、遥测、生物电磁学和材料处理方面的根本性进步，将使一个拥有1000多个电极的装置得以实现。智力优势：拟议的项目将在开发与植入人眼所需的严格设计规范兼容的集成系统方面取得根本性进展。研究将考虑无线双向和高频经皮遥测系统、低功耗VLSI电子学、刺激电极阵列、用于性能预测的异质计算系统建模和片上系统制造的新解决方案。广泛影响：拟议的研究工作结合了几个学科，以寻求有效的工程解决失明问题的方案。全球1000多万视障人士将从这项研究活动中受益。此外，该团队预计，拟议中的研究将对未来广泛的无线植入式生物医学设备做出重大贡献。该项目将提供一个独特的研究环境和强有力的跨学科合作，将为研究生和本科生提供对21世纪创新生物医学技术的多样化接触。

This proposal by a group of researchers with a proven record of steady and continuous progress toward the realization of a retinal prosthesis for the totally blind will bring about fundamental advances in electronics, telemetry, bioelectromagnetics, and material processing that will enable the realization of a device with over 1,000 electrodes.Intellectual merit: The proposed project will bring about fundamental advances toward the development of an integrated system compatible with the stringent design specification required for implantation in the human eye. Research will consider novel solutions for wireless bi-directional and high frequency transcutaneous telemetry systems, low power VLSI electronics, stimulating electrode arrays, heterogeneous computational system modeling for performance prediction, and system-on-a-chip fabrication.Broader impacts: The proposed research effort combines several disciplines toward an effective engineering solution to the problem of blindness. Over 10,000,000 visually impaired worldwide will benefit from this research activity. Further, the team envisions that the proposed research will significantly contribute to a wide range of future wireless implantable biomedical devices. This project will offer a unique research environment with strong interdisciplinary collaborations that will provide graduate and undergraduate students a diversified exposure to innovative biomedical technologies for the 21st century.