Sébastien Pernecker | Wyss Center

Sébastien Pernecker, MSc

Embedded Software Engineer

Sebastien is excited to focus his expertise on subcutaneous implants currently being developed and many other neuroscience projects at the Wyss Center that can help people live a better life.

Sébastien Pernecker joined the Wyss Center as an Embedded Software Engineer in 2017. He brings expertise in the design of hardware and software of medical devices to Wyss Center projects.

As an electrical engineer, Sebastien is experienced in developing medical, spatial and industrial electronic devices. He holds a master’s degree in electronics and electrical engineering from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland.

In his previous position his projects included a portable lung recorder with live streaming capabilities to monitor lung disease. In addition, he developed a device to monitor chewing and activity of teenage patients to predict their propensity to develop obesity.

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Contributing to

Neurotechnology development

Combining neuroscience, advanced engineering and manufacturing

Expertise

Data analysis and software development

Advanced, multimodal brain data collection and analysis

Expertise

Prototyping laboratories

Advanced electrical and mechanical engineering design and fabrication

Facility

NeuroKey™

Real-time neural signal processing platform

Advance

ABILITY

An implantable brain-computer interface (BCI) to restore movement and communication

Advance

Epios™

Long-term brain monitoring and therapeutics for personalized management of neuro-disorders

Advance

Updates

New horizons in neural recording systems

New Wyss Center whitepaper reveals first neural signals recorded by the ABILITY brain-computer interface system and the next steps to human clinical trials to restore communication and independence for people with severe paralysis.

Technology