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SC14: Neuroprosthetics

Speaker:

Wigand Poppendieck

Content:

The course consists of three parts:

In the first part, an overview on neuroprostheses will be given. Taking the example of the CLONS project as a special focus, the various subsystems and development steps of a neuroprosthetic
system are described. Within the CLONS project, a neuroprosthesis for the vestibular system is currently developed by an international consortium.
The second part will provide deeper insight in the development of interfaces between the technical and the biological system, which are a crucial part in every neural prosthesis. Technological methods
for the creation of microsized implantable electrodes are presented. Using photolithography, it is possible to incorporate electrodes and tracks in flexible polymer foils. Suitable assembly methods to connect the microscopic with the mascroscopic world are also presented.
The third part of the course will take the form of a seminar, allowing the participants to discuss on issues such as social and ethical aspects of neuroprosthetics, e. g. implications of changing personality traits and enhancing cognitive capabilities.

Disciplines:
Neuroprosthetics, neuroscience, cognitive science, robotics, microtechnology

References:

BOSSI, S., KAMMER, S., DÖRGE, T., MENCIASSI, A., HOFFMANN, K.-P., MICERA, S.: „An Implantable Microactuated Intrafascicular Electrode for Peripheral Nerves“. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering,
Vol. 56, No. 11, 2701-2706 (2009)
CITI, L., CARPANETO, J. YOSHIDA, K., HOFFMANN, K.-P., KOCH, K.P., DARIO, P., MICERA, S.: „On the Use of Wavelet Denoising and Spike sorting Techniques to Process Electroneurographic Signals Recorded Using Intraneural Electrodes”. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Vol. 172, 294-302 (2008)
DÖRGE, T., KAMMER, S., HANAUER, M., SOSSALLA, A., STELTENKAMP, S.: „Novel Method for a Flexible Double-sided Microelectrode Fabrication Process". SPIE Europe Microtechnologies, Vol. 7365 (2009)
FIGUEIREDO, C.P., CARDONA, J., HOFFMANN, K.-P., MENDES, P.M.: „Wearable and ultra Low Power Wireless System for Physiological Monitoring”. IFMBE Proceedings 25/VII, 461-464 (2009)
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HOFFMANN, K.-P., KOCH, K.P., DÖRGE, T., MICERA, S.: „New Technologies in Manufacturing of Different Implantable Microlectrodes as an Interface to the Peripheral Nervous System“. BioRob, Pisa, Proceedings, 414-
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HOFFMANN, K.-P., RUFF, R.: „Flexible dry surface-electrodes for ECG long-term monitoring”. IEEE EMBC, Lyon, Proceedings, 5739-5742 (2007)
KRÄMER, S., DÖRGE, T., HANAUER, M., HOFFMANN, K.-P., KNEIST, W., STELTENKAMP, S., ULMER, C., LAMADÉ, W.: „Design and Fabrication of an Ultra-flexible Electrode System for Invasive Continuous Monitoring during Surgery”. IFMBE Proceedings 25/IX, 323-326 (2009)
MICERA, S., NAVARRO, X., CARPANETO, J., CITI, L., ROSSINI, M.P., CARROZZA, M.C., HOFFMANN, K.-P., VIVO, M., YOSHIDA, K., DARIO, P.: „On the Use of Longitudinal Intrafascicular Peripheral Interfaces for the
Control of Cybernetic Hand Prostheses in Amputees”. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 5, 453-472 (2008)
POPPENDIECK, W., HOFFMANN, K.-P.: „Coating of Neural Microelectrodes with intrinsically conducting Polymers as a Means to improve their Electrochemical Properties“. IFMBE Proceedings, Vol. 22, 2409-2412
(2009)
RAMACHANDRAN, A., JUNK, M., KOCH, K.P., HOFFMANN, K.-P.: „A Study of Parylene C Polymer Deposition Inside Microscale Gaps”. IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging, Vol. 30, No. 4, 712-724 (2007)
Rossini, P.M., Micera, S., Benvenuto, A., Carpaneto, J., Cavallo, G., Citi, L., Cipriani, C., Denaro, L., Denaro, V., Di Pino, G., Ferreri, F., Guglielmelli, E., Hoffmann, K.-P., Raspopovic, S., Rigosa, J., Rossini, L., Tombini, M.,
Dario, P.: “Double nerve intraneural interface implant on a human amputee for robotic hand control.” Clin Neurophysiol. 121, 5, 2010, pp. 777-783 (2010)
SCHÄFER, M., FIGUEIREDO, C.P., KIEFER, S., MENDES, P.M., RUFF, R., HOFFMANN, K.-P.: „Electrode Localization in a Self-organizing Network for Electrophysiological Diagnostics“. IFMBE Proceedings, Vol. 22, 2388-
2391 (2009)
STELTENKAMP, S., BECHER, K., DÖRGE, T., RUFF, R., HOFFMANN, K.-P.: „Electrode Structures for Acquisition and Neural Stimulation controlling the Cardiovascular System“. IEEE EMBC, Minneapolis,
Proceedings, 5478-5481 (2009)

CV:
Dr. Wigand Poppendieck was born in 1977 in Stuttgart, Germany. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart, and received his doctoral degree from Saarland University in 2010. He is the leader of the Neuroprosthetics Group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering in St. Ingbert, Germany.