Neural Implant podcast - the people behind Brain-Machine Interface revolutions

Blythe Karow is a medical device veteran who is now the cofounder and CEO of Evren Technologies , a medical device company making a wearable Vagus Nerve Stimulator to help with the problems brought about by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).   Top 3 Takeaways Not only veterans but first responders often get PTSD and 1/9 women will have it at some point in their lives Stimulating the auricular...

Nicolas Vachicouras is the cofounder of Neurosoft Bioelectronics which is focusing on utilizing a novel soft electrode material in neural implants. The company comes out of Switzerland and has partnerships with the Stephanie Lacour lab and the Wyss Center   1:45 "Do you want to talk a little bit about yourself and your work and Neurosoft?" 4:30 "What's the benefit of soft versus hard implant?" 7:0...

Anish Kaushal is an analyst at Amplitude VC which is looking at investing in neurotech companies. In this episode we talk about what they look for when investing into a company   1:30 "Do you want to introduce yourself a little bit? " 10:30 "How is venture capital different in med tech versus Silicon Valley?" 14:15 "So you guys do, would you say that you guys put more research upfront into investm...

Dr Silvestro Micera is a professor at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland focusing on developing neural interface implantations in patients. In particular, the following research fields are currently investigated: robotic systems for neurorehabilitation experiments for the investigation of neural control of movement development of neural interfaces with the central nervo...

Dr Warren Grill is a professor of biomedical engineering at duke university. He is the chief scientific officer of NDI medical LLC, Managing director of NDI Healthcare fund. He is the cofounder and chief scientific officer of Deep Brain innovations and Chief scientific advisor of SPR Theraputics. His research interests are in neural engineering and neural prostheses including design and testing of...

Eric Chang is a Neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at the Institutes of Bioelectronic Medicine and Molecular medicine at the Feinstein Institutes of medical research at Northwell Health . His areas of interests are Neuro-immunology, electrophysiology, microscopy and bioengineering. In today's episode, Eric talks to us about his work with the vagus nerve and approaches being used in his lab to...

Marom Bikson is a Biomedical Engineer. He is a Professor at the City College of New York City and also the co-director of the Neural Engineering Group . Marom has been at the City College of New York for over 15 years. He has a B.Sc in Biomedical Engineering from John Hopkins University and a PhD from Case Western University Cleveland. He cofounded Soterix Medical . Marom's research group studies...

Dustin Tyler is a Kent H Smith professor at the Case Western Reserve University and the Director of the Human Fusions Institute. He has a secondary appointment as the principal investigator at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veteran Affairs Medical centre. His expertise and interests include directly connecting humans and technology over the neural system to improve human performance and...

Professor Paul is an assistant professor of Bioengineering, Neurosurgery and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University . He r eceived a B.S. degree in cybernetics from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2006. He received an M.S. and Ph. D. degrees in bioengineering and M.D degree from Stanford University in 2011, 2012, and 2014, respectively. His postdoctoral work was with  Jaimie H...

Andrew Cornwell is the Director of industrial and strategic collaborations for the Cleveland FES centre . He is also Director of the VA Translational Education Mentoring Centre and Associate Director at Care Coulter Translational partnership . In today's episode, Andrew talks about the importance of translational research, the process and some of the achievements of the Cleveland FES centre.   Top...

Nick Halper is a cofounder of Braingrade , where he and his team are developing a brain-computer interface to reverse the cognitive deficits associated with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Before founding Braingrade, he worked at Blackrock Microsystems as a project manager on the product, support, engineering and software teams. In today's episode, Nick talks about his transition from academia t...

Yael Haneun is a professor of Electrical Engineering at Tel Aviv University . Her research field is neuro-engineering, focusing on developing wearable electronic and bionic vision. She is also the VP of Nano Retina and has previously worked as a research associate at the University of Washington . In today's episode, Yael talks about her work in neuro-engineering and some breakthroughs with electr...

Thomas Stieglitz is a professor at the University of Freiburg where he does research on the development of biocompatible construction and interconnection technology as well as the use of microsystems for neuroprosthesis and neuromodulation. Thomas Stieglitz is also on the scientific-technical advisory board of Cortec- Neuro . In today's episode, Thomas talks about is work in neuromodulation, share...

Rob Spence is a documentary film-maker. He lost his right eye as a child during a shotgun accident at his grandparents home. Thirteen years ago, he replaced his prosthetic eye with a wireless video camera. He continues to make improvements on the eye and has produced films about people living with bionic implants. In today's episode, Rob talks to us about living with a camera implant and the fast-...

Ryan Tanaka is the host of Neura Pod which is the Youtube channel and podcast specifically about Elon Musk's Neuralink company. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDukC60SYLlPwdU9CWPGx9Q   "My interest from for Neuralink primarily started because of working at Tesla previously, and then just getting more and more exposure to Elon Musk and some of the other projects that he's been working on and then...

Matt Angle is the founder and CEO of Paradromics , a Brain-Computer Interface company that can handle up to 65,000 simultaneous channels. He was on the show 2 years ago and is updating us on new happenings at Paradromics. He also talks about their new Neurotech Pub Podcast which brings together neurotech leaders in a roundtable podcast.   "And I think you'd say also, early nascent industry is like...

Dr. Rio Vetter is the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at NeuroNexus . Dr. Alexis Paez is the Director of Science Outreach at NeuroNexus. NeuroNexus hosted a virtual conference in mid-November. In this episode, Dr. Rio Vetter and Dr. Alexis Paez discuss the NeuroNexus Symposium.    Top three takeaways:   The NeuroNexus Symposium had themes for each day including neural interface technol...

Dr. Ben Paul is the founder and CEO of Neuroloom. Neuroloom is located in the United Kingdom and works to create new neuro-technology. In this episode, Dr. Ben Paul discusses how Neuroloom develops an effective way to stimulate neurons.    Top three takeaways:   Neuroloom electrodes mitigate the intensity of the immune response and immune-rejection of invasive devices The goal is to use tissue eng...

Scott Kim is the Co-Founder and CEO at Neofect. Neofect provides technologies that work to provide stroke victims with rehabilitation devices that can increase their range of motion. These devices include smart gloves and ankle braces. In this episode, Scott Kim discusses how Neofect technology is assisting stroke victims.    Top three takeaways:  The user receives a smart-glove and a tablet with...

Lloyd Diamond is the CEO of Pixium Vision . Dry age-related macular degeneration affects millions of people globally. Using an insertable implant in the eye in combination with lenses, central vision focus can be regained. In this episode, Lloyd Diamond discusses how Pixium Vision is creating a solution to dry age-related macular degeneration.   Top three takeaways:  There is a dry and wet form of...

Renee Ryan is the CEO and Dr. Kate Roosenbluth is the founder, CSO, and member of the board of directors for Cala Health .  The company creates bioelectronic neuromodulation devices to mitigate the effects of chronic diseases. In this episode, Renee Ryan and Dr. Kate Rosenbluth discuss how the Cala Trio device controls essential tremors.    Top three takeaways:   The Cala Trio device uses the nerv...

Iain McIntyre is the CEO and co-founder of Humm . Humm creates devices such as the Bioelectric Memory Patch that use electricity to stimulate the brain. The disposable forehead device has shown to cause an increase in brain functionality and memory.  In this episode, Iain McIntyre discusses how the Humm Bioelectric Memory Patch provides a brain-boost.    Top three takeaways:  When this device impr...

Dr. Sangeeta Chavan is a professor at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research . In September of 2020, the Feinstein Institutes hosted its fourth annual Bioelectronic Medicine Summit located in New York. In this episode, Dr. Sangeeta Chavan discusses the key takeaways of the summit.    Top three takeaways:  Bioelectronic medicine uses modulation and stimulation of neural activity for the bene...

Dr. Owen Phillips is the co-founder and CEO of Brainkey . Their mission is to "revolutionize brain health care by helping people access, understand, and benefit from advances in our understanding of the human brain". Brainkey's work allows patients to view their own MRI scans in 3-D while teaching them about the regions of the brain through an online platform. In this episode, Dr. Owen Phillips di...

Dr. Alfred Poor is the editor and publisher at Health Tech Insider . Aside from this, he is also a technology speaker and writer, providing insight into the health technology community. In this episode, Dr. Alfred Poor discusses current events in brain-computer interface technology.      Top three takeaways:  Health Tech Insider provides newsletters that cover wearable mobile devices for health an...