Closed-loop DBS with movement intention
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Herron, Jeffrey; Denison, Tim; Chizeck, Howard Jay
- Source
- 2015 7th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER) Neural Engineering (NER), 2015 7th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on. :844-847 Apr, 2015
- Subject
- Aerospace
Electroencephalography
Electrodes
Satellite broadcasting
Sensors
Brain stimulation
Prototypes
Surgery
Deep Brain Stimulation
Implantable Systems
Neurological disorders
- Language
- ISSN
- 1948-3546
1948-3554
In this paper we present a prototype proof-of-concept for a closed-loop deep brain stimulation system for patients with essential tremor. This system makes use of sensed movement intentions via EEG to determine when stimulation is required and automatically enables stimulation only when needed. We demonstrate this system using a healthy subject and a benchtop experimental prototype. By limiting stimulation to only when it is therapeutically required, implanted neurostimulators can be more power efficient and potentially limit the period where patients experience side-effects to only the time when therapy is needed.