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Cortical responses elicited by photovoltaic subretinal prostheses exhibit similarities to visually evoked potentials.

ABSTRACT: We have previously developed a wireless photovoltaic retinal prosthesis, in which camera-captured images are projected onto the retina using pulsed near-IR light. Each pixel in the subretinal implant directly converts pulsed light into local electric current to stimulate the nearby inner retinal neurons. Here we report that implants having pixel sizes of 280, 140 and 70 ?m implanted in the subretinal space in rats with normal and degenerate retina elicit robust cortical responses upon stimulation with pulsed near-IR light. Implant-induced eVEP has shorter latency than visible light-induced VEP, its amplitude increases with peak irradiance and pulse duration, and decreases with frequency in the range of 2-20 Hz, similar to the visible light response. Modular design of the arrays allows scalability to a large number of pixels, and combined with the ease of implantation, offers a promising approach to restoration of sight in patients blinded by retinal degenerative diseases.

SUBMITTER: Mandel Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4249937 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cortical responses elicited by photovoltaic subretinal prostheses exhibit similarities to visually evoked potentials.

Mandel Yossi Y Goetz Georges G Lavinsky Daniel D Huie Philip P Mathieson Keith K Wang Lele L Kamins Theodore T Galambos Ludwig L Manivanh Richard R Harris James J Palanker Daniel D

Nature communications 20130101

We have previously developed a wireless photovoltaic retinal prosthesis, in which camera-captured images are projected onto the retina using pulsed near-IR light. Each pixel in the subretinal implant directly converts pulsed light into local electric current to stimulate the nearby inner retinal neurons. Here we report that implants having pixel sizes of 280, 140 and 70 μm implanted in the subretinal space in rats with normal and degenerate retina elicit robust cortical responses upon stimulatio ...[more]

PMID: 23778557

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Cortical responses elicited by photovoltaic subretinal prostheses exhibit similarities to visually evoked potentials.

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Cortical responses elicited by photovoltaic subretinal prostheses exhibit similarities to visually evoked potentials.

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