发明名称 |
Video Processing Unit for a Visual Prosthetic Apparatus |
摘要 |
A visual prosthesis configured to convert a video image to stimulation patterns for stimulating visual neural tissue including a camera configured to obtain a video image, a video processing unit configured to receive the image from the camera and create stimulation patterns based upon the image, an implantable stimulation system suitable to stimulate visual neural tissue according to the stimulation patterns, a wireless communication system configured to send a stimulation signal from the video processing unit to the implantable stimulation system, and a voltage and current monitoring circuit in the video processing unit monitoring the stimulation signal sent by the video processing unit. |
申请公布号 |
US2015314125(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.11.05 |
申请号 |
US201514798274 |
申请日期 |
2015.07.13 |
申请人 |
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. |
发明人 |
McClure Kelly H.;Castro Richard A.;Roy Arup;Loftin Scott;Dai Rongqing;Greenberg Robert J.;Yadav Sumit |
分类号 |
A61N1/36;A61N1/372 |
主分类号 |
A61N1/36 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A visual prosthesis configured to convert a video image to stimulation patterns for stimulating visual neural tissue comprising:
a camera configured to obtain a video image; a video processing unit configured to receive the image from the camera and create stimulation patterns based upon the image; an implantable stimulation system suitable to stimulate visual neural tissue according to the stimulation patterns; a wireless communication system configured to send a signal including the stimulation patterns from the video processing unit to the implantable stimulation system; and a voltage and current monitoring circuit in the video processing unit monitoring the signal sent by the video processing unit. |
地址 |
San Fernando CA US |