Neural engineering vision laboratory

UIC Department of Bioengineering

Current Projects

 

The lab is currently working on three main projects:

· Title:  Multi-Electrode Electroretinography: Toward Single-Flash Mapping of Retinal Function

                 Funding Source:  NIH

                 Collaborators:  None.

                 Summary:  The main objective of this project is to evaluate the                  feasibility of using multiple biopotential measurements made at                  the cornea to evaluate the spatial distribution of retinal activity.                   This work is being carried out in a rat model of focal retinal                  dysfunction.  The ultimate application is the study and diagnosis                  of progressive retinal degenerative disease.

 

· Title:  Transcorneal Electrical Stimulation for the Treatment of Retinal Disease

                 Funding Source:  Veterans Administration

                 Collaborators:  Pardue lab, Emory University.

                 Summary:  The main objectives of this project are to optimize                  stimulus parameters for the use of diffuse electrical currents as a                  therapy for retinal degenerative eye disease, and to investigate                  possible mechanisms of action for the observed therapeutic

                 effect. This work is being carried out in rat models of retinal                  degenerative eye disease.

 

· Title:  Novel Electroretinographic Mapping of Retinal Function for Clinical Diagnosis of Progressive Eye Disease

                 Funding Source:  UIC Center for Clinical Translational Science

                 Collaborators:  Szlyk lab, Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind

                 Summary:  The main objective of this project is to compare the                  efficacy of multi-electrode electroretinography with clinical                  gold standard measurements for the detection of local retinal                  dysfunction in an appropriate patient population.

Patents related to current work:

 

· Mapping Retinal Function Using Corneal Electrode Array.  US 2007/0188710 A1, issued 8/07.

· Apparatus and Methods for Mapping Retinal Function.  US 2008/0294066 A1, pending.