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title: DBC's Deep Array Wins MTEC Prototype of the Year Award
description: "We're thrilled to announce that the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium has recognized our \"Deep Array\" as their Prototype of the Year 2023."
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# [DBC's Deep Array Wins MTEC Prototype of the Year Award](https://diagnosticbiochips.com/our-story/blog/dbcs-deep-array-wins-mtec-prototype-of-the-year-award)

 Written by [Diagnostic Biochips](https://diagnosticbiochips.com/our-story/blog/author/diagnostic-biochips) | Jun 1, 2023 4:11:57 PM

Diagnostic Biochips is pleased to announce that the [Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC)](https://mtec-sc.org/) has recognized “Deep Array” as their Prototype of the Year, among the work of all funded entities.

[Deep Array](https://diagnosticbiochips.com/deep-array-acute-chronic) is DBC’s high density, multichannel electrode system for interfacing with deep brain structures in non-human primates (NHPs) and humans (research use only). Specifically, this project involved the prototyping and demonstration of key elements of a visual prosthesis appropriate for targeting thalamic structures, with the eventual goal of restoring sight to the blind.

Because the work was originally begun by DBC’s then-parent company SBM (the two entities are no longer linked), the award will go to SBM. Still, DBC will be taking a victory lap all month!

The team would also like to thank collaborators [Kari Hoffman](http://perpllab.psy.vanderbilt.edu/), [Thilo Womelsdorf](http://accl.psy.vanderbilt.edu/) and [Andrew Bastos](https://www.bastoslabvu.com/) (Vanderbilt University), [Pieter Roelfsema](https://nin.nl/research-groups/roelfsema/) (Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience), [John Wolf](https://www.med.upenn.edu/wolflab/) (University of Pennsylvania) and [Tahl Holtzman](https://www.cambridgeneurotech.com/) (Cambridge Neurotech).

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