Abstract
The EnerCage system is designed to enable electrophysiology experiments of any duration in experimental arenas of any size. Optimized overlapping planar spiral coils (PSCs) provide closed-loop wireless power and data to a mobile unit on a small, freely behaving animal subject. The system tracks the location of the mobile unit with an array of 3-axis magnetic sensors and only activates the closest PSC, thereby reducing power dissipation and heat within the cage. A control algorithm collects data from all the sensors, organizes it by physical location, and systematically compares the magnitudes of each to two thresholds to determine the location of a small magnetic tracer embedded in the mobile unit. An in vivo experiment was conducted for one hour using a 1.03 × 0.9 m2 EnerCage prototype in a physiology lab, where the system was able to continuously deliver 20 mW to a dummy load and maintain a steady 4V supply on the rat headstage (mobile unit).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | 2013 6th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2013 |
| Pages | 985-988 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
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| State | Published - Dec 1 2013 |
| Event | 2013 6th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2013 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Nov 6 2013 → Nov 8 2013 |
Publication series
| Name | International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER |
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| ISSN (Print) | 1948-3546 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1948-3554 |
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| Other | 2013 6th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2013 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | San Diego, CA |
| Period | 11/6/13 → 11/8/13 |
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- Artificial Intelligence
- Mechanical Engineering
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A smart cage for behavioral experiments on small freely behaving animal subjects. / McMenamin, Peter; Jow, Uei Ming; Kiani, Mehdi; Manns, Joseph R.; Ghovanloo, Maysam.
2013 6th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2013. 2013. p. 985-988 6696101 (International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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PY - 2013/12/1
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N2 - The EnerCage system is designed to enable electrophysiology experiments of any duration in experimental arenas of any size. Optimized overlapping planar spiral coils (PSCs) provide closed-loop wireless power and data to a mobile unit on a small, freely behaving animal subject. The system tracks the location of the mobile unit with an array of 3-axis magnetic sensors and only activates the closest PSC, thereby reducing power dissipation and heat within the cage. A control algorithm collects data from all the sensors, organizes it by physical location, and systematically compares the magnitudes of each to two thresholds to determine the location of a small magnetic tracer embedded in the mobile unit. An in vivo experiment was conducted for one hour using a 1.03 × 0.9 m2 EnerCage prototype in a physiology lab, where the system was able to continuously deliver 20 mW to a dummy load and maintain a steady 4V supply on the rat headstage (mobile unit).
AB - The EnerCage system is designed to enable electrophysiology experiments of any duration in experimental arenas of any size. Optimized overlapping planar spiral coils (PSCs) provide closed-loop wireless power and data to a mobile unit on a small, freely behaving animal subject. The system tracks the location of the mobile unit with an array of 3-axis magnetic sensors and only activates the closest PSC, thereby reducing power dissipation and heat within the cage. A control algorithm collects data from all the sensors, organizes it by physical location, and systematically compares the magnitudes of each to two thresholds to determine the location of a small magnetic tracer embedded in the mobile unit. An in vivo experiment was conducted for one hour using a 1.03 × 0.9 m2 EnerCage prototype in a physiology lab, where the system was able to continuously deliver 20 mW to a dummy load and maintain a steady 4V supply on the rat headstage (mobile unit).
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