Prototype medical device for the automatic detection and suppression of epileptic seizures and ex vivo studies in humans

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1000764

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This project aims to extend on work that The Bionic Ear Institute has been conducting into the termination of seizures using electrical stimulation of the brain. A device will be constructed that is capable of monitoring the electrical activity of the brain via electrodes. If abnormal activity is detected, a therapeutic waveform will be delivered in order to terminate the epileptic event. Such a device would offer new therapeutic options to many sufferers of epilepsy worldwide.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Development Grants

Funding Amount: $419,239.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Parkinson disease | biomedical engineering | epilepsy | neurology | neurosurgery | seizures

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