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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2013
Mesut Sahin, Clifton, NJ (US);
Selim Unlu, Boston, MA (US);
David S Freedman, Boston, MA (US);
Ammar R Abdo, Belleville, NJ (US);
Mesut Sahin, Clifton, NJ (US);
Selim Unlu, Boston, MA (US);
David S Freedman, Boston, MA (US);
Ammar R Abdo, Belleville, NJ (US);
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (US);
Abstract
Stimulation of the central nervous system can be useful for treating neurological disorders. Wireless neurostimulating devices have the benefit that they can float in tissue and do not experience the sheering caused by tethering tension that connecting wires impose on the stimulators. An optically powered, logic controlled, CMOS microdevice that can decode telemetry data from an optical packet is a way of implementing wireless, addressable, microstimulators. Through the use of an optical packet, different devices can be addressed for stimulation, allowing spatially selective activation of neural tissue. The present invention, involves such a neural stimulation device, specifically an optically powered CMOS circuit that decodes telemetry data and determines whether it has been addressed.