TY - JOUR
T1 - A System-Level Feasibility Study of a Lead-Free Ultrasonically Powered Light Delivery Implant for Optogenetics
AU - Baghaee Ivriq, Saeed
AU - Laursen, Kjeld
AU - Møller Jørgensen, Aske
AU - Mondal, Tanmay
AU - Zamani, Milad
AU - Rezaeiyan, Yasser
AU - Corbett, Brian
AU - Iversen, Bo Brummerstedt
AU - Moradi, Farshad
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Body implants play a crucial role in clinical applications, encompassing data acquisition, diagnosis, and disease treatment. However, challenges in size, power consumption, and biocompatibility, particularly in brain applications requiring small, battery-free devices for deep areas, hinder their development. Despite potential advances through simplified, single-purpose devices, such as recording or stimulation, overcoming the power and biocompatibility issues remains a hurdle. Addressing this, the article introduces an ultrasonically powered light delivery implant (LDI) utilizing lead-free piezoelectric material (Li0.08K0.46Na0.46) NbO3 to harvest energy from external ultrasonic waves. The prototype includes a piezoelectric cube, a chip fabricated in 180 nm CMOS technology, and a microscale light-emitting diode (μ-LED) for optogenetics. Achieving an end-to-end efficiency of 0.75%, the LDI holds promise for various optogenetic studies, particularly in animal studies targeting specific brain areas for treating Parkinson’s disease. The delivered optical power on the μ-LED surface, at 14.1mWmm2, presents applicability to diverse studies involving specific opsins.
AB - Body implants play a crucial role in clinical applications, encompassing data acquisition, diagnosis, and disease treatment. However, challenges in size, power consumption, and biocompatibility, particularly in brain applications requiring small, battery-free devices for deep areas, hinder their development. Despite potential advances through simplified, single-purpose devices, such as recording or stimulation, overcoming the power and biocompatibility issues remains a hurdle. Addressing this, the article introduces an ultrasonically powered light delivery implant (LDI) utilizing lead-free piezoelectric material (Li0.08K0.46Na0.46) NbO3 to harvest energy from external ultrasonic waves. The prototype includes a piezoelectric cube, a chip fabricated in 180 nm CMOS technology, and a microscale light-emitting diode (μ-LED) for optogenetics. Achieving an end-to-end efficiency of 0.75%, the LDI holds promise for various optogenetic studies, particularly in animal studies targeting specific brain areas for treating Parkinson’s disease. The delivered optical power on the μ-LED surface, at 14.1mWmm2, presents applicability to diverse studies involving specific opsins.
KW - CMOS
KW - biocompatible materials
KW - brain implants
KW - piezoelectric
KW - ultrasonic
U2 - 10.1002/aisy.202300527
DO - 10.1002/aisy.202300527
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2640-4567
VL - 6
JO - Advanced Intelligent Systems
JF - Advanced Intelligent Systems
IS - 3
M1 - 2300527
ER -