Real-time emulator for intelligent deep-brain stimulation
Applications: Test advanced neuromodulation closed-loop in neuroscience research applications, including personalised treatment.
Features
Benefits
The software and hardware emulators resourcefully utilise advanced accurate mathematical models of how patients’ physiological brain oscillations respond to electrical stimulation pulses.
The emulators estimate the dynamic evolution and steady-state responses of the target brain area’s local field potential (LFP) to actual electrical stimulation pulses in real-time.
Potential to use the emulators to reduce/refine research studies and in vivo testing requirements.
Allows clinicians to test clinical interventions beforehand to improve efficiency and patient safety.
Results obtained from the software and hardware emulators offer high potential to support regulatory submissions.
The software and hardware emulators can be adapted to most neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, dystonia, and essential tremor.
Allows thorough tests for scenarios that are not easily reproducible or impossible to reproduce with animal testing.
Any external or implantable voltage or current neurostimulator can be connected to the hardware emulator for thorough testing and validation before patient use.
Offers compatibility with all existing deep brain stimulation systems.