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US Patents "System for and Method of Power Efficient Electrical Tissue Stimulation." S.K. Kelly, J.L. Wyatt, and J.F. Rizzo. United States Patent Number 7,295,872, issued November 2007. "Reconfigurable and Modular Neural Prosthetic System." D.B. Shire, S.K. Kelly, W.A. Drohan, J.F. Rizzo, J.L. Wyatt. Patent Pending. Journal Articles S.K. Kelly, J.L. Wyatt, "A Power-Efficient Neural Tissue Stimulator with Energy Recovery." Submitted, under review. D.B. Shire, S.K. Kelly, J. Chen, P. Doyle, M.D. Gingerich, S.F. Cogan, W. Drohan, O. Mendoza, L. Theogarajan, J.L. Wyatt, and J.F. Rizzo. "Development and Implantation of a Minimally-Invasive, Wireless Sub-Retinal Neurostimulator." IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 56, No. 10, Oct. 2009, pp. 2502-2511. J.F. Rizzo, J.L. Wyatt, J. Loewenstein, S.K. Kelly, D.B. Shire. "Methods and Perceptual Thresholds for Short-Term Electrical Stimulation of Human Retina with Microelectrode Arrays." Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 2003, Vol. 44, No. 12, pp. 5355-5361. J.F. Rizzo, J.L. Wyatt, J. Loewenstein, S.K. Kelly, D.B. Shire. "Perceptual Efficacy of Electrical Stimulation of Human Retina with a Microelectrode Array During Short-Term Surgical Trials." Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 2003, Vol. 44, No. 12, pp. 5362-5369. S.B. Baumann, D.R. Wozny, S.K. Kelly, F.M. Meno. "The Electrical Conductivity of Human Cerebrospinal Fluid at Body Temperature." IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 44, Issue 3, March 1997, pp. 220-223. Published Conference Papers S.K. Kelly, D.B. Shire, J. Chen, P. Doyle, M.D. Gingerich, W.A. Drohan, L.S. Theogarajan, S.F. Cogan, J.L. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo III. "The Boston Retinal Prosthesis: A 15-Channel Hermetic Wireless Neural Stimulator." IEEE ISABEL International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies. Invited paper, 2009. Received Best Paper Award. S.K. Kelly, D.B. Shire, J. Chen, P. Doyle, M.D. Gingerich, W.A. Drohan, L.S. Theogarajan, S.F. Cogan, J.L. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo III. "Realization of a 15-Channel, Hermetically-Encased Wireless Subretinal Prosthesis for the Blind." Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, 2009, pp. 200-203. L.S. Theogarajan, D.B. Shire, S.K. Kelly, J.L. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo. "Visual Prostheses: Current Progress and Challenges." VLSI - Design and Test Conference, Taiwan, 2009. L. Theogarajan, J. Wyatt, J. Rizzo, B. Drohan, M. Markova, S. Kelly, G. Swider, M. Raj, D. Shire, M. Gingerich, J. Loewenstein, B. Yomtov. "Minimally Invasive Retinal Prosthesis." IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, February 2006. S. Kelly, J. Wyatt. "A Power-Efficient Voltage-Based Neural Tissue Stimulator with Energy Recovery." IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, February 2004. Conference Talk Abstracts S.K. Kelly. "The Boston Retinal Implant Project: Progress on the Development and Testing of a Hermetic Retinal Prosthesis." The German Retina Implant Foundation, Second Symposium on Artificial Vision, 2009. J.L. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo, L. Theogarajan, D.B. Shire, S.K. Kelly, M.D. Gingerich, S. Cogan, M. Markova, O. Ziv. "Engineering Development of a Prototype Wireless Subretinal Prosthesis." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2005 Vol. 46: E-Abstract 1146. J. Wyatt, B. Drohan, B. Yomtov, O. Ziv, S. Kelly. "Engineering Development of a Wireless Subretinal Prosthesis." Journal of Vision, 2005, Vol. 5, No. 12, p. 3a. J.F. Rizzo, J.L. Wyatt, J. Loewenstein, S. Montezuma, D.B. Shire, L. Theogarajan, S.K. Kelly. "Development of a Wireless, ab Externo Retinal Prosthesis." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2004 Vol. 45: E-Abstract 3399. J.F. Rizzo, J.L. Wyatt, J. Loewenstein, S.K. Kelly, D.B. Shire. "Accuracy and Reproducibility of Percepts Elicited by Electrical Stimulation of the Retinas of Blind and Normal Subjects." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2001 Vol. 42: E-Abstract 5045. J.F. Rizzo, J.L. Wyatt, J. Loewenstein, S.K. Kelly. "Acute Intraocular Retinal Stimulation in Normal and Blind Humans." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2000 Vol. 41: E-Abstract 532. J. Loewenstein J.F. Rizzo, J.L. Wyatt, S.K. Kelly. "Acute Intraocular Electrical Stimulation of the Human Retina." XIV Int'l Congress of Eye Research, October 2000, Santa Fe, NM. J.F. Rizzo, J. Loewenstein, S.K. Kelly, D.B. Shire, T. Herndon, J.L. Wyatt. "Electrical Stimulation of Human Retina with a Microfabricated Electrode Array." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 1999 Vol. 40: E-Abstract 4124. Conference Poster Abstracts S.K. Kelly, D.B. Shire, J. Chen, P. Doyle, M.D. Gingerich, W.A. Drohan, L.S. Theogarajan, S.F. Cogan, J.F. Rizzo III, J.L. Wyatt. "The Boston Retinal Implant: Progress on a Wireless Hermetic Retinal Prosthesis." MIT MTL Workshop on Next-Generation Medical Electronic Systems, 2009. S.K. Kelly, P. Doyle, O. Mendoza, W.A. Drohan, G.W. Swider, D.B. Shire, J.L. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo, III. "Improved Class A Based Transmitter System for Wireless Retinal Implant Data Telemetry." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 Vol. 50: E-Abstract 4578. W.A. Drohan, S.K. Kelly, J.F. Rizzo, III, J.L. Wyatt. "Electrode and Axon Models." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 Vol. 50: E-Abstract 4574. P. Doyle, S.K. Kelly, O.D. Mendoza, W.A. Drohan, D.B. Shire, J.L. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo, III. "A System for Developing Feature Extraction Algorithms for Retinal Implant Devices." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 Vol. 50: E-Abstract 4591. D.B. Shire, S.K. Kelly, M.D. Gingerich, O. Mendoza, W. Drohan, J. Chen, J.F. Rizzo, III, J.L. Wyatt. "Long-Term in vivo Operation of the Wireless Boston Retinal Neuroprosthesis." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 Vol. 50: E-Abstract 4596. D.B. Shire, S.K. Kelly. "Chronic Implantation of a Wireless Subretinal Neurostimulator in Yucatan Minipigs." Poster at the Eye and the Chip World Congress on Artificial Vision, Detroit, MI, June 2008. G. Swider, W. Drohan, S.J. Kim, J.F. Rizzo, S.K. Kelly, J.L. Wyatt. "Development of a Wireless Neural Recording System." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2008 Vol. 49: E-Abstract 1772. J.F. Rizzo, J. Chen, D.B. Shire, S.K. Kelly, M.D. Gingerich, G. Swider, W. Drohan, J.L. Wyatt. "Implantation of a Wirelessly Powered Subretinal Prosthesis Using an ab externo Surgical Technique." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2008 Vol. 49: E-Abstract 3027. D.B. Shire, S.K. Kelly, M.D. Gingerich, O. Mendoza, G. Swider, W. Drohan, J. Chen, J.F. Rizzo, J.L. Wyatt. "Operation of a Wirelessly Powered Subretinal Neurostimulator." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2008 Vol. 49: E-Abstract 3031. W.A. Drohan, S.K. Kelly, J.F. Rizzo, J.L. Wyatt. "External Field Firing Thresholds for Neurons." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2008 Vol. 49: E-Abstract 3032. S.K. Kelly, G.W. Swider, W.A. Drohan, J.L. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo. "Exploration of Optimal Coil Designs for Retinal Implant Power and Data Telemetry." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2007 Vol. 48: E-Abstract 674. G.W. Swider, W.A. Drohan, O.R. Ziv, S.K. Kelly, J.L. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo. "Development of Stimulation/Recording System for Evaluation of Retinal Implants." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2007 Vol. 48: E-Abstract 2563. W.A. Drohan, S.K. Kelly, J.F. Rizzo, J.L. Wyatt, S.I. Fried. "Development of Retinal Ganglion Cell Model to Assess Optimal Stimulation Parameters." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2007 Vol. 48: E-Abstract 2574. S.K. Kelly, M. Markova, L. Theogarajan, W.A. Drohan, G.W.Swider, B. Yomtov, J.L. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo. "Development of a Telemetry System for the Boston Retinal Implant." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2006 Vol. 47: E-Abstract 3168. W.A. Drohan, L. Theogarajan, S.K. Kelly, J.L. Wyatt, B.M. Yomtov, J.F. Rizzo. "Development of Retinal Implant Driver Software for Retinal Implant Project." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2006 Vol. 47: E-Abstract 3167. G. Swider, L. Theogarajan, W.A. Drohan, S.K. Kelly, B.M. Yomtov, J.L. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo. "Testing and Qualification of the Boston Retinal Implant Chip." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2006 Vol. 47: E-Abstract 3187. S.K. Kelly, J.L. Wyatt. "Low-Power Neural Stimulator for a Retinal Prosthesis." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2004 Vol. 45: E-Abstract 4174. D.B. Shire, M. Gingerich, S. Retterer, L. Theogarajan, S. Kelly, M. Markova, M. Raj, S. Cogan, J. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo. "Design and Fabrication of an Ab Externo Retinal Prosthesis." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2004 Vol. 45: E-Abstract 4177. S.K. Kelly, J.L. Wyatt. "Low-Power Techniques for a Retinal Prosthesis." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2003 Vol. 44: E-Abstract 5064. Invited Seminar Lectures S.K. Kelly. "Functional Vision for the Blind: The Boston Retinal Implant." Boston Chapter of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, September 22, 2008. S.K. Kelly. "The Boston Retinal Implant Project: Overview and Current VLSI Research." Tufts University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar Series, March 7, 2006. S.K. Kelly. "Explanation of the Boston Retinal Implant Project." Classroom lecture for ages 4-13, Portmagee Gaelic School, Portmagee, Co. Kerry, Ireland, October 12, 2006. Press "The 50 Best Inventions of 2009: The Electric Eye" Time Magazine, 2009. "Plugging into the Eye, With a New Design" Anne Eisenberg, New York Times, 2009. "Stimulating Sight: Retinal Implant Could Help Restore Useful Level Of Vision To Certain Groups Of Blind People" Science Daily, 2009. "MIT creating microchip that could restore vision" Computerworld.com, 2009. "Implant Stimulates Sight" Photonics.com, 2009. "Stimulating Sight" Anne Trafton, MIT News Office, 2009. "Medical Grants a Boon for Mass." Carolyn Johnson, Boston Globe, 2009. "Longer-Lasting Artificial Eyes" Katherine Bourzac, Technology Review, 2008. Interview on the Boston Retinal Implant Project, Jon MacLean, WBZ Radio, Technology News, 2008. "Researchers Create Bionic Eye Prototype, Render Guide Dogs Obsolete" Adrian Covert, Gizmodo.com, 2008. "Eyes on Prize: Visionary Device Gives Hope" Eva Wolchover, Boston Herald, 2008. "Artificial Retina" Erika Jonietz, Technology Review, 2004