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Brain Computer/Machine Interfaces (BCI/BMIs) have substantial potential for enhancing the lives of disabled individuals by restoring functionalities of missing body parts or allowing paralyzed individuals to regain speech and other motor…
Objective. Research on brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) is advancing towards rehabilitating severely disabled patients in the real world. Two key factors for successful decoding of user intentions are the size of implanted microelectrode…
Spike detection plays a central role in neural data processing and brain-machine interfaces (BMIs). A challenge for future-generation implantable BMIs is to build a spike detector that features both low hardware cost and high performance.…
Advancements in clinical Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) depend on precise and reliable signal interpretation. However, the high-dimensional and noisy nature of data captured from both implanted and non-implanted BCIs poses significant…
Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces (iBCIs) are increasingly pivotal in clinical and daily applications. However, wireless iBCIs face severe constraints in power consumption and data throughput. To mitigate these bottlenecks, we propose a…
This paper presents microwatt end-to-end neural signal processing hardware for deployment-stage real-time upper-limb movement intent decoding. This module features intercellular spike detection, sorting, and decoding operations for a…
(Abridged) Stroke and SCI are conditions that can significantly impact the QoL of survivors in both the physical and psychosocial domains. Both diseases often result in significant motor and sensory impairments that are not fully reversible…
Spike sorting is essential for extracting neuronal information from neural signals and understanding brain function. With the advent of high-density microelectrode arrays (HDMEAs), the challenges and opportunities in multi-channel spike…
Spike sorting is a critical process for decoding large-scale neural activity from extracellular recordings. The advancement of neural probes facilitates the recording of a high number of neurons with an increase in channel counts, arising a…
Objective: This work aims to demonstrate a low-power, biomimetic auditory sensing concept for fully implantable cochlear implants. The approach draws inspiration from the frequency selectivity and temporal encoding of the cochlea, and uses…
Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) can leave the affected individuals unable to ambulate. Since there are no restorative treatments for SCI, novel approaches such as brain-controlled prostheses have been sought. Our recent studies show…
In this paper authors have presented a power efficient scheme for implementing a spike sorting module. Spike sorting is an important application in the field of neural signal acquisition for implantable biomedical systems whose function is…
Electrophysiological techniques have improved substantially over the past years to the point that neuroprosthetics applications are becoming viable. This evolution has been fuelled by the advancement of implantable microelectrode…
Human brain is functionally and physically complex. This 'complexity' can be seen as a result of biological design process involving extensive use of concepts such as modularity and hierarchy. Over the past decade, deeper insights into the…
Indoor Positioning System (IPS) is a crucial technology that enables medical staff and hospital managements to accurately locate and track persons or assets inside the medical buildings. Among other technologies, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)…
Hull is an accelerator-rich distributed implantable Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) that reads biological neurons at data rates that are 2-3 orders of magnitude higher than the prior state of art, while supporting many neuroscientific…
Designs for implanted brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have increased significantly in recent years. Each device promises better clinical outcomes and quality-of-life improvements, yet due to severe and inflexible safety constraints,…
The need for a high-performance transceiver with high Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) has driven the communication system to utilize the latest technique identified as oversampling systems. It was the most economical modulator and decimation in…
Implantable Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) are promising for motor rehabilitation and mobility augmentation, and they demand accurate and energy-efficient algorithms. In this paper, we propose a novel spiking neural network (SNN) decoder…
Reliance on wheelchairs after spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to many medical co-morbidities. Treatment of these conditions contributes to the majority of SCI health care costs. Restoring able-body-like ambulation after SCI may reduce the…