a look into current research and future prospects bionic eye
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A Look into Current Research and Future Prospects
BIONIC EYE
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Blindness
Inability to see
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Causes of Blindness
Damage to: Clear Structures in the eye, that allow the
light to pass through The nerves within the eye Optic Nerve Brain
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Bradley’s Research
Breakthrough in 1960 First electrical stimulation of Visual Cortex Bright spots called phosphenes produced
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Why we should be optimistic?
The Success of : Cardiac pacemakers as neural prosthesis Cochlear implants to restore hearing to the
deaf
Rapid developments in : VLSI design Micro- fabrication technology
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Overview
Biology of the Eye MIT – Harvard Device ASR – Artificial Silicon Retina MARC – Multiple Unit Artificial Retina Chip
Set System
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BIONIC EYE ?
Bio-electronic eye Electronic device which replaces
functionality of a part or whole of the eye Used for replacing functionality (or) Adding functionality to the eye
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Structure of the Eye
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The Retina
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The Eye with Retina
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Diseases of the Eye
Retinitis Pigmentosa Macular Degeneration
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Retinitis Pigmentosa
Hereditary Genetic Disease Peripheral Rods degenerate Gradually progresses towards center of
eye Spares the foveal region Tunnel vision results
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Macular Degeration
Genetically Related Cones in Macula region degenrate Loss or damage of central vision Peripheral Retina spared Common among old people
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Retinitis Pigmentosa( Opthalmoscope View )
NORMAL EYE DEFECTIVE EYE
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Macular Degeneration(Opthalmoscope View)
NORMAL EYE DEFECTIVE EYE
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Regions of Implantation
Retina Optic Nerve Lateral geniculate
body Visual Cortex
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MIT-Harvard device
Features
Epi-Retinal Approach Microelectrode array replaces damaged
photoreceptors Power source – Laser(820nm wavelength) Image Acquisition - Using CCD Camera Patient spectacle holds the camera and power
source
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Site of Implant
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Implant Structure
Layers1- Photodiode Array
2- Polyimide strip
3- Stimulator chip
Electrodes on other end of Polyimide strip
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Working of the System - 1
CCD camera input – External light intensity
CCD output amplitude-modulates laser source
This hits photodiode array of implant This in turn powers stimulator chip (SC)
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Working of the System - 2
SC drives current to electrodes facing retina
This excites the ganglionic cells > axons > optic nerve > visual cortex in occipital lobe of brain
Brain helps in perceiving an image
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The Whole Picture
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Advantages
Very Early in the visual pathway No Batteries implanted within body No complicated surgical procedure Power Requirement – ¼ of milliwatt
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Disadvantages
Axons b/w electrodes and ganglionic cells Other axons get excited – unwanted
perception of large blur Extra circuitry required for downstream
electrical input
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Artificial Retina Prosthesis using ASR (Artificial Silicon Retina)
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The Eye
Human Eye is similar to a camera Macula provides the highest resolution of the image which we see. Macula is comprised of multiple layers of cells which process the initial “analog”light energy entering the eye into “digital” electrochemical impulses. Human eye has nearly 100 million photoreceptors.
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Need for ASR
Retinitis Pigmentosa(RP) and Age related Macular degeneration (ARMD)
are Progressive blinding disorders of the outer retina which involve degeneration of the neurons.
There are no proven effective therapeutic remedy for these disorders .
Some of Methods employed to slow or halt the disease time course are Use of Intravitreal injection of certain growth factors. Identification of specific gene mutations has led to the
development of the gene therapy approaches. Transplantation can be effective in rescuing the photoreceptors
from degeneration.
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Need for ASR
The first two methods are promising for treating patients early in the course of the degenerative process, they are of relatively modest value for the patients in whom the photoreceptors have already degenerated.
Besides the Genetic and the Anatomic approach , there is an need to find an alternative approach.
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Fundamental idea behind ASR
ASR is a solid state biocompatible chip which contains an array of photo receptors ,and is implanted to replace the functionality of the defective photoreceptors .
Current generated by the device in response to light stimulation will alter the membrane potential of the overlying neurons and thereby activate the visual system.
Visual sensations or “phosphenes” can be evoked by electrical stimulation of the different levels of the visual pathway.
Phosphenes are evoked by the stimulation of the eyeball or the visual cortex.
Artificial vision created by the controlled electric stimulation of the retina has color.
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Approaches Towards Retinal Prosthetic Implantation
Epiretinal Approach involves a semiconductor based device positioned on the surface of the retina to try to simulate the remaining overlying cells of the retina.
Subretinal Approach involves implanting the ASR chip behind the
retina to simulate the remaining viable cells.
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Enhancement of the image quality using the ASR
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Limitations Of ASR’s
ASR is designed to interface and function with the retina that has partial outer retinal degeneration.
ASR can be applied only when the photoreceptor cellular layer of the retina is damaged but the remaining cellular layers are still functional.
ASR can be effectively applied to RP and AMD.
Conditions amenable to treatment with ASR’s include some forms of long-term retinal detachment,Usher’s syndrome, Cone- Rod Dystrophy.
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Sub-Retinal Approach
The basic idea-”Alter the membrane potential”
IMPLANT DESIGN Primitive devices
Single photosensitive pixel(3mm in diameter) Neo devices
The current micro photodiode array (MPA) is comprised of a regular array of individual photodiode subunits, each approximately 20×20-µm square and separated by 10-µm channel stops (37). The resulting micro photodiode density is approximately 1,100/m2.
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IMPLANT features
The size has decreased from 250um to 50um
No external power supply
500nm to 1100nm wavelength response
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MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Implants are comprised of a doped and ion-implanted silicon substrate disk to produce a PiN (positive-intrinsic-negative) junction. Fabrication begins with a 7.6-cm diameter semiconductor grade N-type silicon wafer.
For the MPA device, a photomask is used to ion-implant shallow P+ doped wells into the front surface of the wafer, separated by channel stops in a pattern of individual micro photodiodes. An intrinsic layer automatically forms at the boundary between the P+-doped wells and the N-type substrate of the wafer.
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Micro photodiodes
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PROCESS (Contd.)
The back of the wafer is then ion-implanted to produce a N+ surface. Thereafter, an insulating layer of silicon nitrate is deposited on the front of the wafer, covering the entire surface except for the well openings.
A thin adhesion layer, of chromium or titanium, is then deposited over the P+ and N+ layers. A transparent electrode layer of gold, iridium/iridium oxide, or platinum, is deposited on the front well side, and on the back ground side.
In its simplest form, the photodiode and electrode layers are the same size. However, the current density available at each individual micro photodiode subunit can be increased by increasing the photodiode collector to electrode area ratio.
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Post Implant function and Inference
Measurement procedure IR stimulation at 940nm on the ASR
chip Recorded at the corneal surface
using contact lens electrode Comparison of responses of gold,
platinum and iridium electrodes Iridium based device has a longer
persistence Stability of these electrodes
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ASR implanted into the eye
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BIO-COMPATIBILTY results
The good news There is no progressive change in retinal
appearance that may be associated with retinal toxicity.
How do we know? ----”ERG and Ganzfeld stimulus has an answer”
The Bad news Loss of photoreceptive layer over the region of
implant which is expected due to deprival of oxygen and nutrients to those cells underlying the chip.
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Multiple Unit Artificial Retina Chipset (MARC)
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Conceptual Design
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Platinum on Silicone Rubber Electrode Array
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MARC Photoreceptor and Stimulating Pixel
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Photograph of MARC Chip
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MARC System Block Diagram
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10x10 Stimulator Chip With Telemetry Decoding10x10 Stimulator Chip With Telemetry Decoding
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Block diagram of Image Acquisition System
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MARC Hermetic Sealing and Positioning
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Advantages of MARC system
• Compact Size – 6x6 mm
• Diagnostic Capability
• Reduction of stress upon retina
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Conclusion
Its been 40 years since Arne Larsson received the first fully implanted cardiac pacemaker at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
Researchers throughout the world have looked for ways to improve people's lives with artificial, bionic devices.
Bionic devices are being developed to do more than replace defective parts.
Researchers are also using them to fight illnesses.
Providing power to run bionic implants and making connections to the brain's control system pose the two great challenges for biomedical engineering.
We are now looking at devices like bionic arms, tongues, noses etc.
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Where are we headed?
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Bionic Man????????