# Low Cost, Fully Implantable Wireless Neural Recording Device

> **NIH NIH R44** · NEUROLUX, INC. · 2021 · $748,082

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The proposed project will develop a device that records brain and muscle signals (electroencephalography and
electromyography, EEG/EMG) from behaving rodents without the cumbersome, expensive, and maintenance-
intensive wires or batteries that hinder the usefulness of existing commercially available systems. By delivering
both power and data wirelessly, and entirely eliminating all external implants on the animal, our technology will
extend brain recording capabilities to sensitive behaviors, such as sleep-wake behavior or social interaction, that
are easily disrupted by external tethers, and will enable long-term recordings and recordings from animals
behaving in three-dimensional naturalistic environments, that are impossible with current technology.
Furthermore, the system we will develop is fully compatible with existing NeuroLux HF wireless electronic
platform and control software, allowing us to leverage the strengths of an existing commercial platform to further
advance neuroscience research capabilities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10255016
- **Project number:** 2R44NS107142-02A1
- **Recipient organization:** NEUROLUX, INC.
- **Principal Investigator:** Roozbeh Ghaffari
- **Activity code:** R44 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $748,082
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2021-06-01 → 2023-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10255016

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10255016, Low Cost, Fully Implantable Wireless Neural Recording Device (2R44NS107142-02A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10255016. Licensed CC0.

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