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Innovation in medicine: medical bionics as a case study
Professor Rob Shepherd Director, Bionic Ear Institute
Professor of Medical Bionics, The University of Melbourne
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Three research frontiers:
Bionic Hearing Neurobionics Bionic Vision Bionic Vision
An independent medical research institute located in a hospital setting
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Interface between body & electronic devices:
Biology + Electronics = Bionics
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Interface between body & electronic devices:
Biology + Electronics = Bionics
• Approved devices:
– Heart pacemakers – Spinal cord stimulators (pain relief) – Cochlear implants (hearing) – Deep Brain Stimulators (Parkinson’s disease) – Phrenic nerve stimulation (assisted breathing) – Sacral nerve stimulation (bladder control)
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Interface between body & electronic devices:
Bio(logy) + Electr(onics) = Bionics
• Approved devices:
– Heart pacemakers – Spinal cord stimulators (pain relief) – Cochlear implants (hearing) – Deep Brain Stimulators (Parkinson’s disease) – Phrenic nerve stimulation (assisted breathing) – Sacral nerve stimulation (bladder control)
• Bionics devices in clinical trial or basic research & development:
– Functional electrical stimulation (standing and gait) – Brain Computer Interfaces (control of robotic limbs) – Deep Brain Stimulation (severe psychiatric
conditions & severe chronic pain) – Vestibular prostheses (balance) – Retinal prostheses (vision) – Cortical prostheses (epilepsy detection &
suppression)
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Medical Bionics: two examples Deep Brain Stimulation Cochlear implant for for movement disorders severe- profound deafness
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Deep Brain Stimulation for movement disorders
From Kringelbach, et al., Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 623-635, 2007.
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Cochlear implants for severe-profound deafness
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Multichannel cochlear implant (circa 1970) • Underlying cochlear anatomy & physiology well understood
• Proof of principle clinical trials generated widespread interest
• Low power integrated circuits suitable for implantation were becoming available
• Demonstrable clinical need: 120,000 profoundly deaf patients in Australia and 50 million worldwide
• No competing technologies
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Graeme Clark assembled a small multidisciplinary team
in the Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne
circa 1976
Expertise required to develop implantable devices:
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The University of Melbourne Multi-channel Cochlear Implant 1978
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne
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Cochlear Implant
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Cochlear Implant
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Cochlear Implants: the path to success • Excellent multidisciplinary R & D • Champions in research, commerce and
government • A project that inspired people • Large population of potential patients • No theraputic competition • Ignored the many doubters • Luck and hard work • High level political support
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Cochlear Ltd: • 2,400 highly skilled employees • 70% of the world market in cochlear implants • manufacturer of the world’s most sophisticated medical bionics device • 2010-2011 profit $180m • 30 years old
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Bionic vision
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Imagine your eyesight is failing
… in 5 years you will be legally blind
… in 10 years you will have no useful vision
… in 20 years your children’s eyesight will begin to fail!
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Diseases: RP AMD
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Overview of Bionic Eye system
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Phase 1 - 100 electrodes!
High-density Pt electrodes on a medical grade silicone carrier
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Phase 1 - 100 electrodes!
High-density Pt electrodes on a medical grade silicone carrier
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Mechanical stability!
Villalobos et al., 2012
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Part 4 – Research at the BEI
Biocompatible!
3 months implantation Nayagam et al., 2012
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Phase 2 - 1000 electrodes!
Dr Kumaravelu Ganesan & Prof Steven Prawer
100 µm
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Power and data lead Diamond electronics capsule and diamond array
Dr David Garrett
Phase 2 - 1000 electrodes!
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Power and data lead Diamond electronics capsule and diamond array
Dr David Garrett
Dr Kate Fox & Dr Penny Allen
Phase 2 - 1000 electrodes!
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Don’t forget the cables!
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Don’t forget the cables!
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Engineering: Biomedical engineering Mechanical engineering Electronic engineering Chemical engineering Software engineering
Science: Physics Biological sciences Neuroscience
Clinical science: Appropriate physicians/surgeons Psychologists
Social Sciences: Ethicists
Expertise required to develop implantable devices:
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Smarter devices for patients
Part 4 – Research at the BI
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Smarter devices Brain plasticity for patients
Part 4 – Research at the BI
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Bionics Institute & Medical Bionics Department Team www.bionicsinstitute.org
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Our Collaborators
Research Clinical
Commercial Funding
Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation