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ArticleNature biomedical engineering2020

A wireless millimetre-scale implantable neural stimulator with ultrasonically powered bidirectional communication.

David K Piech, Benjamin C Johnson, Konlin Shen, M Meraj Ghanbari, Ka Yiu Li, Ryan M Neely, Joshua E Kay, Jose M Carmena, Michel M Maharbiz, Rikky Muller

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Article in Nature biomedical engineering, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 154 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

154 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Differential Tissue-Coupled Powering for Battery-Free Injectable Electroceuticals.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  8. Advances in Wearable Bioimaging.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  12. Recent advances in transducers for through-tissue ultrasonic power transfer.Progress in biomedical engineering (Bristol, England) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

David K Piech *The UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6686-8142
Benjamin C Johnson *Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Konlin ShenThe UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
M Meraj GhanbariDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0982-8934
Ka Yiu LiDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Ryan M NeelyHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Joshua E KayDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Jose M CarmenaThe UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. jcarmena@berkeley.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0214-2489
Michel M MaharbizThe UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. maharbiz@berkeley.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8577-4894
Rikky MullerThe UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. rikky@berkeley.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3791-1847

Funding

UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in BIoengineeringT32GM008155 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DESAI, TEJAL A. · 1985 to 2020
$12.2M
Wireless recording in the central nervous system with ultrasonic neural dustR21EY027570 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI CARMENA, JOSE MIGUEL · 2016 to 2017
$449k
NEI NIH HHS R21 EY027570NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinically approved neural stimulators are limited by battery requirements, as well as by their large size compared with the stimulation targets. Here, we describe a wireless, leadless and battery-free implantable neural stimulator that is 1.7 mm

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Implantable NeurostimulatorsWireless TechnologyAnimalsElectric Power SuppliesEquipment DesignRatsSciatic NerveSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedUltrasonics

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PMID32076132

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