Research Interests
Biomedical research instrumentation: design, construction, and testing of prototypical devices for cardiac electrophysiology, biological signal processing / analysis, optical system design and software for instrument control.
Data acquisition, analysis, and electronic design software e.g., LabVIEW, Matlab, Simulink, ASAP Optical Simulation, and circuit design / simulation
Clinical Services
Engineering and quality assurance support.
Design and construction of electro-optic devices and mechanical fixtures for clinical and basic research in photodynamic therapy and radiation therapy.
Design software for real-time control and data analysis of experimental protocols.
Patents
Rubin, L., Bonnerup, C. A., Schroeppel, E. A.: Methods and apparatus for treating fibrillation and creating defibrillation waveforms. U. S. Patent Application # 20040186521 (2004, Additional Claims).
Rubin, L., Bonnerup, C. A., Schroeppel, E. A.: Methods and apparatus for treating fibrillation and creating defibrillation waveforms. U. S. Patent Application # 20020035382 (2002, Additional Claims).
Rubin, L., Bonnerup, C. A., Schroeppel, E. A.: Methods and apparatus for treating fibrillation and creating defibrillation waveforms. U. S. Patent #6,757,561 (2004).
Rubin, L., Bonnerup, C. A., Schroeppel, E. A.: Methods and apparatus for treating fibrillation and creating defibrillation waveforms U. S. Patent #6,298,266 (2001).
Rosborough, J. P., Munshi, M. Z. A., Bonnerup, C. A.: Apparatus and method for discriminating flow of blood in a cardiovascular system U. S. Patent #5,782,879 (1998).
Munshi, M. Z. A., Bonnerup, C. A., Rosborough, J. P.: Implantable stimulation electrodes with non-native metal oxide coating mixtures U.S. Patent #5,683,443 (1997).
Munshi, M. Z. A., Bonnerup, C. A.,: Method of making implantable stimulation electrodes U.S. Patent #5,654,030 (1997).
Selected publications and presentations
C. Sibata, C. Bonnerup, R.R. Allison. Mapping the optical flux density of sources used in photodynamic therapy: digital imaging and application to quality assurance 25th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Lake Buena Vista, Florida 2005 (Abstract Submitted).
C. Sibata, C. Bonnerup, S. Sasidharan Lustgarten. A novel image guided technique for managing organ motion and setup errors in pancreatic radiation therapy to enable dose escalation Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, Bethpage, New York, 2004 (Submitted).
C. Bonnerup. RTS: a new paradigm for clinical engineering support. Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Houston, Texas 2003 (Invited).
H. Ying, C. Bonnerup, R. A. Kirschner, D. J. Deyo, M. W. Michell, G. C. Kramer. Closed-loop fuzzy control of resuscitation of hemorrhagic shock in sheep. Joint Meeting of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and the Biomedical Engineering Society, Houston, Texas, 2002.
D. Baumgartner, S. Osswald, D. Follett, C. Bonnerup, A. Eberhart, T. Cron, V. Barbosa, L. Stotts. Preliminary experience with a new basket catheter design for linear RF ablation of atrial fibrillation XIst World Symposium on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, June 1999
