Live Demonstration: Optogenetic Neuro-prosthetics

Abstract

This demonstration presents an optogenetic prosthetic system suitable for three main applications: a) Closed-loop control of abnormal network activities (such as epilepsy), b) Visual cortical prosthesis and c) Visual retinal prosthesis. The system is comprised of three main subsystems: i) control unit, ii) head-implant unit and iii) visual headset unit, which when combined can accommodate each of the applications initially described.