Flexible ultrasound-induced retinal stimulating piezo-arrays for biomimetic visual prostheses

Laiming Jiang; Gengxi Lu; Yushun Zeng; Yizhe Sun; Haochen Kang; James Burford; Chen Gong; Mark S. Humayun; Yong Chen; Qifa Zhou

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31599-4

Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Flexible ultrasound-induced retinal stimulating piezo-arrays for biomimetic visual prostheses

Laiming Jiang,
Gengxi Lu,
Yushun Zeng,
Yizhe Sun,
Haochen Kang,
James Burford,
Chen Gong,
Mark S. Humayun,
Yong Chen,
Qifa Zhou

Affiliations

Laiming Jiang: Roski Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Gengxi Lu: Roski Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Yushun Zeng: Roski Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Yizhe Sun: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California
Haochen Kang: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California
James Burford: Roski Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Chen Gong: Roski Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Mark S. Humayun: Roski Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Yong Chen: Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California
Qifa Zhou: Roski Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31599-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Electronic visual prostheses, or biomimetic eyes, have shown capability of restoring functional vision through electrical pulses artificially initiating neural responses. Here, authors demonstrate a flexible piezo-array for ultrasound-induced retinal stimulation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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