Cleveland Neural Engineering Workshop (NEW)

描述(申请人提供)：康复问题的神经假体解决方案在许多领域对人们的生活产生了重大影响。神经工程和辅助技术是活跃的研究领域，并正在扩展到更多的临床应用。需要多个学科之间的战略协作来推动这些新技术进入临床实践。克利夫兰新2011年将科学家、工程师、临床医生和研究参与者聚集在一起，以确定克服神经工程挑战的合作方法。通过关于神经工程未来的讨论，与会者确定、改进和缩小了未来神经工程研究的四个重要重点领域：(1)开发一个模块化的、完全集成的系统，以促进使用自然命令信号的高度瘫痪患者的接触，并适合日常使用；(2)用于治疗和诊断应用的非侵入性方法，以确定在单细胞分辨率下跨大脑的神经元通信；(3)无缝地 集成的神经接口，具有神经元级别的分辨率和整个患者生命周期的寿命；以及(4)临床医生、工程师、公司、监管机构和临床试验专家之间的合作，以开发医疗设备临床研究设计的新框架 这充分利用了这项技术的灵活性。克利夫兰神经工程研讨会(NEW)提供了一个论坛，以确定这些机会并考虑该领域的未来。这次公开的“强制”会议的目的是将致力于为神经疾病或损伤患者提供基于神经的解决方案的领导者聚集在一起，以确定改善临床护理的机会和障碍。这些领先的临床医生、工程师、科学家和研究参与者将确定推进神经假体的关键要求和/或限制，确定关键的合作研究领域，并突出具有远见的研究路线图。客观成果将包括一份手稿和白皮书，报告已确定的机会和瓶颈，来自多个学科的研究人员之间的新合作，以及资金提案。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Neural prosthetic solutions to rehabilitation problems have made a significant impact on people's lives in many areas. Neural Engineering and Assistive Technologies are active research areas and expanding into more clinical applications. Strategic collaborations between multiple disciplines are required to advance these new technologies into clinical practice. Cleveland NEW 2011 brought together scientists, engineers, clinicians, and research participants in order to identify collaborative approaches to overcome challenges in neural engineering. Through engaged discussion sessions about the future of neural engineering, attendees identified, refined and narrowed in on four important focus areas for the future of neural engineering research: (1) Development of a modular, fully integrated system to facilitate reaching in high level paralysis patients using natural command signals and suitable for everyday use; (2) Non-invasive method for determining neuronal communication at single cell resolution across the brain for therapeutic and diagnostic applications; (3) Seamlessly integrated neural interfaces with neuron-level resolution and longevity across the patient lifetime; and (4) Collaboration between clinicians, engineers, companies, regulatory bodies, and clinical trials specialists to develop a new framework for clinical study design of medical devices that leverages the flexibility of the technology. The Cleveland Neural Engineering Workshop (NEW) provides a forum to determine these opportunities and consider the future of this field. The purpose of this open "captive" conference is to bring together leaders committed to providing neural based solutions for individuals with neurological disorders or injury to identify the opportunities and roadblocks for improving clinical care. These leading clinicians, engineers, scientists and research participants will identify the key requirements and/or limitations to advance neural prostheses, identify key collaborative research areas and highlight a visionary research roadmap. Objective outcomes will include a manuscript and white paper reporting the identified opportunities and bottlenecks, new collaborations between investigators from multiple disciplines and funding proposals.