Neuroprosthetics

A pacemaker, also known as an artificial cardiac pacemaker, is an implanted medical device that generates electrical pulses delivered by electrodes to one or more of the chambers of the heart. Each pulse causes the targeted chamber(s) to contract and pump blood, thus regulating the function of the electrical conduction system of the heart.

prosthesis used for severe and profound hearing loss

connection between brain and computer

Optogenetics is a biological technique used to characterize and manipulate the activity of neurons or other cell types with light. This is achieved by expression of light-sensitive ion channels, pumps or enzymes in the target brain cells.

surgical treatment involving the implantation of a medical device called a brain pacemaker

experimental visual device intended to restore functional vision in those suffering from partial or total blindness

medical treatment that involves delivering electrical impulses to the vagus nerve.

Neuroprosthetics (also called neural prosthetics) is a discipline related to neuroscience and biomedical engineering concerned with developing neural prostheses. They are sometimes contrasted with a brain–computer interface, which connects the brain to a computer rather than a device meant to replace missing biological functionality.

technological devices that connect directly to a biological subject's brain

electronic retinal implant manufactured by Second Sight Medical Products

technique that uses low-energy electrical pulses

visual prosthesis

change of the characteristics of one sensory modality into stimuli of another sensory modality

small stent-mounted electrode array that is permanently implanted into a blood vessel in the brain without the need for open brain surgery

British physiologist (born 1926)

hearing aid and medical implant