How imec is advancing bioelectronic medicine The medicine of the future will increasingly rely not just on chemistry, but on precision electronics. Our partner imec is advancing a new, minimally invasive technique for selective stimulation of the peripheral nervous system (PNS). While peripheral nerve stimulation is already an established treatment modality, current methods often […]
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How the AI-Hand Project Puts Patients First – Interview with Christine Azevedo, Part 2 In the second part of our interview series, Christine Azevedo from Inria shares a deeply human perspective on the AI-Hand project – an ambitious initiative to restore hand and wrist movement for people with tetraplegia. Christine begins by explaining the condition
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Christine Azevedo Shares Insights from the AI-Hand Project What does it take to restore hand function for people with tetraplegia? The AI-Hand project has been exploring this question for over a decade – and the answers are as complex as they are inspiring. In our latest video, Christine Azevedo from Inria walks us through the
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“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
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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”
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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
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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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