Modular Bionics Inc — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: SB142-006

Modular Bionics Inc — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$1,499,403
Agency
Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase II
Topic
SB142-006
Solicitation
2014.2
NAICS
Place of performance
CA
Period
2015-08-26 → 2018-08-31

Description

The goal of this proposal is to develop an implant capable of wirelessly streaming electrophysiological signals and controlling stimulation pulses from a wide variety of anatomical targets for the purposes of neuroscience research. Such an implant does not exist and would be of great benefit to the neuroscience community. There is a well-recognized need among neuroscientists to monitor a large number of neural signals from freely behaving animals from an implanted system. There is a similar need for an implantable, high channel count neural stimulator. The BRAIN initiative has intensified this need as no commercial solution exists for an implanted device capable of streaming a large number of neural signals or controlling a large number of stimulation channels.