Medtronic developing "Brain Radio" (Vns Message Board)

Title: Medtronic developing "Brain Radio"

Bernard - February 14, 2007 01:57 PM (GMT)

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Engineers from Medtronic disclosed a novel amplifier that is a key component in an implantable "brain radio" the company is developing to monitor and control nervous disorders. Overcoming noise generated from today's standard semiconductor processes was one of the biggest hurdles, according to a paper presented at the International Solid State Circuits Conference here Tuesday (Feb. 13).

"We want to measure the average activity of thousands of brain cells," said Tim Denison, a senior principal engineer at Medtronic Neurological Technologies, who presented the ISSCC paper. "Essentially we want to build a brain radio that we can tune to the particular frequencies of the patient," he added.

The Medtronic system is part of a broad category of neural stimulators, implantable devices that send electrical pulses to areas of the brain to control diseases such as Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and depression. The paper gave a rare glimpse look inside a next-generation device, revealing design struggles in power management and signal sensitivity.

Medtronic discloses component for "brain radio"

Birdbomb - February 14, 2007 04:36 PM (GMT)

Build a better mousetrap....

Arthur - March 7, 2007 03:33 AM (GMT)

QUOTE (Birdbomb @ Feb 14 2007, 08:36 AM)

Build a better mousetrap....

And the insurance companies won't pay for it..... <_<

Birdbomb - March 7, 2007 05:28 AM (GMT)

Possibly after this VNS fiasico. But keep in mind Medtronic is run very differently then Cyberonics. They don't have the bad press or management problems plaguing them

Southie - April 2, 2007 01:12 AM (GMT)

QUOTE (Arthur @ Mar 6 2007, 11:33 PM)

QUOTE (Birdbomb @ Feb 14 2007, 08:36 AM)

Build a better mousetrap....

And the insurance companies won't pay for it..... <_<

And just try to influence the Stock Market,
NASDAQ & NYSE .... which will be difficult
considering after what the others have
underwent ...

:goodluck:

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