- 著者
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Masayuki HIRATA
Kojiro MATSUSHITA
Takafumi SUZUKI
Takeshi YOSHIDA
Fumihiro SATO
Shayne MORRIS
Takufumi YANAGISAWA
Tetsu GOTO
Mitsuo KAWATO
Toshiki YOSHIMINE
- 出版者
- The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
- 雑誌
- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications (ISSN:09168516)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.E94-B, no.9, pp.2448-2453, 2011-09-01
The brain-machine interface (BMI) is a new method for man-machine interface, which enables us to control machines and to communicate with others, without input devices but directly using brain signals. Previously, we successfully developed a real time control system for operating a robot arm using brain-machine interfaces based on the brain surface electrodes, with the purpose of restoring motor and communication functions in severely disabled people such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. A fully-implantable wireless system is indispensable for the clinical application of invasive BMI in order to reduce the risk of infection. This system includes many new technologies such as two 64-channel integrated analog amplifier chips, a Bluetooth wireless data transfer circuit, a wirelessly rechargeable battery, 3 dimensional tissue-fitting high density electrodes, a titanium head casing, and a fluorine polymer body casing. This paper describes key features of the first prototype of the BMI system for clinical application.