CYSONI

In a healthy body the heart and the lungs are linked, their function is co-ordinated to maximise performance. The heart and lungs receive multiple inputs which influence their function, for example, stress, both physical and emotional stimulates an increase in heart rate and respiration. Both organs are continuously responding to the needs of the body. Despite these constant demands communication between the organs is maintained such that the two work together to maximise cardiorespiratory efficiency. In diseases such as heart failure this communication between the heart and lungs is disrupted thus reducing their performance. Ceryx can restore the natural patterns of communication between the heart and lungs, improve cardiac function and bring significant therapeutic benefit to patients with cardiac diseases such as heart failure.

Ceryx have developed a technology that recreates biological systems using analogue electronics. Cell membranes, ion channels and action potentials are recreated using analogue circuitry enabling the system to interpret signals directly with the body in real-time and generate realistic, biological output signals. These artificial neurons are then combined into neural networks which mimic neural structures called central pattern generators (CPGs) which the body uses to control processes ranging from walking to swallowing to breathing. By creating artificial CPGs, Ceryx’s devices could be used to restore function where these processes have been impaired by disease or injury.

Cysoni continuously monitors the patient’s lungs, tracking the phases of the respiratory cycle. The device then processes this information and generates precisely timed impulses which resynchronises beating of the heart with the respiratory cycle.