Neuroelectronics: Design patterns, methods and implementations

Neuroelectronics combines advanced electronics with physiology to create technologies to restore function, treat disease, and improve quality of life - often while operating in noisy, unpredictable and uncooperative environments. This work examines how devices are designed, drawing on real-world experience, literature, and regulatory review to highlight challenges, sources of error, and topics where engineers frequently discover that theory and reality are not quite on speaking terms. A modified curriculum framework, WIRED, proposes better support for this multidisciplinary field by integrating Working across disciplines, Interfacing, Regulatory, Electronics and communication, and Devices and measurement, to assist engineers navigating this evolving area of healthcare.