Position and Orientation Insensitive Wireless Power Transmission for EnerCage-Homecage System

• Published in: IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering Vol. 64; no. 10; pp. 2439 - 2449
• Main Authors: Jia, Yaoyao, Mirbozorgi, S. Abdollah, Wang, Zheyuan, Hsu, Chia-Chun, Madsen, Teresa E., Rainnie, Donald, Ghovanloo, Maysam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.10.2017; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Animals; Batteries; Behavioral neuroscience; Bluetooth; closed-loop power control; Coils; Data links; Electric Power Supplies - veterinary; Electrical stimuli; Energy Transfer; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Globus pallidus; Head movement; Housing, Animal; inductive wireless power transmission; longitudinal experiments; Male; Miniaturization; Monitoring, Ambulatory - instrumentation; Monitoring, Ambulatory - veterinary; Personnel management; Power efficiency; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Remote control; Resonators; Rodents; Rotation; small freely behaving animals; Stimulation; Tethering; Wireless communication; Wireless power transmission; Wireless Technology - instrumentation

We have developed a new headstage architecture as part of a smart experimental arena, known as the EnerCage-HC2 system, which automatically delivers stimulation and collects behavioral data over extended periods with minimal small animal subject handling or personnel intervention in a standard roden...