A Silicon Based, Three Dimensional Microsystem for          Stimulation of the Visual Cortex
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This is an applied research proposal which has a broad scientific               base, ie., neurophysiology, electrical engineering, mechanical                  engineering and micro-manufacturing.  The purpose of this research is           to produce a device having a very high density of stimulating micro-            electrodes, perhaps a thousand micro-electrodes per square centimeter.          This device will be implanted directly onto the surface of the visual           cortex of test animals and used to produce artificial visual                    information by electrically stimulating their brain cells.  This new            technology could lead to many new applications including: artificial            vision for the irreversibly blind, artificial nerve-nerve and nerve-            muscle connections, direct access to the brain for the control of               abnormal nervous electrical outputs, and neural and muscular                    monitoring electrodes.
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