Utah Array blackrock
<p>Jun 07, 2015 01:21 PM spun out of Univ of Utah in 1997 in Salt Lake;
company founded in 2008;
started by Prof Richard Normann... taken over by Cyberkinetics Neurotech.
res. biz taken over by Blackrock Microsystems LLC.</p>
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see their 4 min video;
Pres CEO Florian Solzbacher;</p>
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Utah array 10 by 10 trodes = 100;
4 mm wide; 400 micron center to center;
each trode is 40 microns wide;
stable; used by most BMI groups (Shenoy group; Richard Anderson's group, etc.)</p>
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multi-channel, high-density neural recordings and stim apps.</p>
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patented microelectrode array... variety of species</p>
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spikes and LFPs in brain and PNS.</p>
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humans, monkeys, birds, rodents, felines, fish.</p>
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slice and cell culture preps.</p>
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Dec 2014 news item: launches wireless</p>
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devel with Brown Univ; wireless streaming of brain data</p>
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revealed at SfNeurosci in Nov . 96 channels at 48 Mbps
up to 48 hours btwn charges.
43 grams and 60 cc.</p>
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also see their NeuroMotive camera: capture subject mvmts, task compleetion, object
with behaving subjects and
sync to neurophys data uisng Cerebus data acquis system.</p>
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