“We are changing the world of sensing”: How TENGABLE aims to give back the sense of touch In a world where touch is often taken for granted, TENGABLE is setting new standards. With its innovative triboelectric nanogenerator technology (TENG), the company is developing a novel implantable device that enables people, who have lost their sense […]
Interview TENGABLEs CEO Shai Feinsod Read More »
Closed-Loop Platform for Neurotherapy – NIH-funded Project for Stroke Rehabilitation The first “brain pacemakers”, developed several decades ago, stimulated a specific area of the brain constantly, regardless of the patient’s condition. The stimulation parameters could only be changed by the attending physician. Because this approach cannot respond quickly to changes in the patient’s condition
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A group of authors from the University of Bordeaux has assessed the state of the art in neuroprosthetics in a whole range of applications – from sensorimotor to cognitive functions. The results of their analysis are now available in a comprehensive review in Communications Biology. As the authors describe, the first attempts for neuroprosteses were
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The carotid bodies are small glands sitting in the bifurcation of the carotid arteries (which run along both sides of the neck and supply the brain with blood). It has long been known that the carotid bodies contain chemoreceptor cells. These sensors analyze the blood (including the concentrations of oxygen, carbon dioxide, pH, glucose and
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The vagus nerve is the major constituent of the parasympathetic nervous system. Together with the antagonistic sympathetic system, it forms the autonomic nervous system, which regulates lots of reflexes and organ functions. The vagus is usually associated with “rest and digest” or “feed and breed” type of behaviors, as opposed to the ”fight or flight”
Relax and learn! The vagus nerve also supports motor learning. Read More »
It has been known for a long time that the vagus nerve can mediate anti-inflammatory responses. These reactions help lower body temperature and keep cytokine production at bay. This is why the vagus nerve is the target of many bioelectronic approaches for treating inflammatory diseases. Interestingly, however, the anti-inflammatory vagus response can also be induced
Going through the pain to heal Read More »
The vagus nerve is one of the biggest cranial nerves. It interconnects the brain with almost all internal organs, including the heart, the respiratory tract, the kidney, and the digestive tract. It mediates important reflexes for autonomic functions and modulates a wide range of body functions, making it an attractive target for bioelectronic interventions. On
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About half of the patients afflicted by a stroke permanently suffer from chronic deficits in arm and hand movements. These deficits are not ameliorated by classical physiotherapy and severely affect quality of life. New therapies are urgently needed. We recently reported on an NIH project with Professor Ojemann from the University of Washington at Seattle,
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Tetraplegia is a massively limiting condition, often caused by serious accidents, in which individuals are unable to move their legs or hands. Affected people are completely dependant on caregivers’ help around the clock. Any assistive device that could help these patients regain some control over their limbs, especially their hands, would be a tremendous achievement.
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Cytokine storm is a situation in which the response of the immune system gets out of hand, such that it actually causes more harm than good. The condition has received increased attention in the SARS-CoV2 pandemic, as it’s a serious complication of COVID-19. Cytokine storm means that there is an excessive release of cytokines flooding
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FEATURE
Recording channels
Sampling rate
Sampling dynamic range
High pass filter cut-off
Low pass filter cut-off
Amplifier band pass gain
Band pass roll-off
Reference
Stimulation
Stimulation channels
Current
Current source
Pulse width
Power supply
Wireless data transmission
Closed Loop latency
VALUE
32
1 kHz
16 bit (74 nV smallest increment)
ca. 2 Hz
325 Hz
Adjustable: 100-750
20 dB/dec
Any (subset) of the recording channels selectable by software or one dedicated hard-wired additional contact
Current-controlled, biphasic, rectangular, asymmetric stimulus pulses (cathodic amplitude with pulse width followed by an anodic counter pulse of 1/4x amplitude and 4x pulse width)
32
Max. -6 mA / +1.5 mA (24 µA increments) within
compliance voltage range of -11 V to +5 V
Can be directed to any of the 32 electrode contacts
Negative phase: 10 µs – 2,500 µs
Wireless inductive, 120-140 kHz
Bi-directional, radio frequency in 2400-2483.5 MHz band ≤ 40 ms
