1996 AGENDA

TWENTY-SEVENTH NEURAL PROSTHESIS WORKSHOP

October 16 - 18, 1996
Auditorium of the Lister Hill Center (NLM), Bldg. 38A
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
National Institutes of Health

Wednesday,October 16

8:30 a.m.	Registration
9:00	Welcome - NINDS	Zach Hall
9:10	Welcome - NIDCD	James Snow
9:20	Orientation	Terry Hambrecht
9:30	The Role of Surface Morphology	Buddy Ratner
	on Biocompatibility
	University of Washington
10:00	Discussion
10:10	BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
10:40	Insulating Biomaterials	Dave Edell
	MIT
11:05	Discussion
11:20	Recommendations and Plans Resulting	John Watson
	from the NIH Workshop on Biomaterials and
	Medical Implant Science
	NHLB I
11:50	Discussion
12:00	LUNCH
1:00 p.m.	Surface Modification for Biocompatibility	Jay Hickman
	SAIC
1:25	Discussion
1:40 p.m.	Surface Modification for Biocompatibility	Dave Martin
	University of Michigan
2:05	Discussion
2:20	Panel - Biomaterials	Bill Heetderks
	Chair
3:00	BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
3:45	Electrochemistry of Neural	Stuart Cogan
	Stimulation
	EIC Laboratories
4:10	Discussion
4:25	Safe Stimulation of Neural Tissue	Doug McCreery
	Huntington Med. Res. Inst.	Leo Bullara
5:05	Discussion	Ted Yuen

6:00 p.m.	Informal Get-Together
	Chatter's - Ramada Inn
	(1/2 block south on Wisconsin Ave.)

Thursday,October 17

8:00 a.m.	Feasibility of a Central Nervous	Doug McCreery
	System Auditory Prosthesis	Jean Moore
	Huntington Med. Res. Inst.	Robert Shannon
	/ House Ear Institute
8:25	Discussion
8:40	Protective Effects of Patterned	Pat Leake
	Electrical Stimulation
	UCSF
9:05	Discussion
9:20	Percutaneous Connectors	Tim Piwonka-Corle
	PI Medical	Barbara Woodford
9:45	Discussion
10:00	Neurophysiological Effects of	Paul Abbas
	Simulated Auditory Prosthesis Stimulation
	University of Iowa

10:10 BREAK & POSTER VIEWING

Note: Be sure to visit the posters in the hallways and foyer.

Authors will be at their posters during breaks.

10:40	Speech Processors for Auditory Prostheses	Don Eddington
	MIT	Bill Rabinowitz
11:05	Discussion	Joe Tierney
		Colette Boex-Spano
11:20	Speech Processors for Auditory Prostheses	Blake Wilson
	Research Triangle Institute	Dewey Lawson
11:45	Discussion
12:00	LUNCH
1:00 p.m.	Functional Neuromuscular Stimulation (FNS)	Kevin Kilgore
	Case Western Reserve University	Clayton Van Doren
1:30	Discussion	Warren Grill
		Hunter Peckham

		Pat Crago
1:45	FNS Electrodes	Tom Mortimer
	Case Western Reserve University
2:10	Discussion
2:25	Sensing Information from Afferent Signals	Andy Hoffer
	Simon Fraser University	Kevin Strange
2:50	Discussion
3:05	BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
3:50	Cortical Neural Activity as	Don Humphrey
	a Source of Control Signals	Mike Burrow
	Emory University
4:15	Discussion
4:30	Cortical Control of Neural Prostheses	Andy Schwartz
	Arizona State University
4:40	Cortical Control of Neural Prostheses	John Chapin
	Allegheny State Medical Center	Miguel Nicolelis
		Harvey Wiggins
4:50	Unassisted Standing by FNS	Ron Triolo
	Case Western Reserve University	Bob Kirsch
		Jim Abbas
5:00	ADJOURN

Note: Be sure to visit the posters in the hallways and foyer.

Authors will be at their posters during breaks.

Friday, October 18

8:00 a.m.	Cultured Neuron Probe	Jerry Pine
	California Institute of Technology	Yuri Buzsaki
8:25	Discussion

8:40	Multichannel Stimulating and	Ken Wise
	Intracortical Recording Electrodes	Dave Anderson
	University of Michigan
9:20	Discussion
9:35	Hermetic Packages and Feedthroughs	Khalil Najafi
	University of Michigan
10:00	Discussion
10:15	BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
10:40	Microstimulators and Microtransducers	Jerry Loeb
	for Functional Neuromuscular Stimulation	Phil Troyk
	A.E. Mann Foundation / Ill Institute of
	Technology / Queens University
11:05	Discussion
11:20	Chronic Microstimulation of	Randy Carter
	the Sacral Spinal Cord	Barbara Woodford
	Huntington Med. Res. Inst.
11:45	Discussion
12:00	LUNCH
1:00 p.m.	Microstimulation of the	Jim Roppolo
	Sacral Spinal Cord - Mapping
	University of Pittsburgh
1:25	Discussion
1:40	Microstimulation of the	Warren Grill
	Sacral Spinal Cord - Mapping	Musa Haxhiu
	Case Western Reserve University
2:05	Discussion
2:20,	Panel on Microstimulation - Advantages	Ed Schmidt
	Limitations and Future	Chair
3:00	ADJOURN

Note: Be sure to visit the posters in the hallways and foyer.

Authors will be at their posters during breaks.

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