Chad Bouton

Prior to joining the health system, Mr. Bouton was a research leader at Battelle, the world’s largest nonprofit research and development (R&D) organization, and was involved in medical device R&D programs for 18 years. He developed cancer detection algorithms in the late 90’s to help surgeons pinpoint and remove tumors more effectively. Later, he developed neural decoding methods that allowed the first paralyzed person with a brain implant to move again with their own thoughts.

Mr. Bouton’s work has been featured on 60 Minutes and TEDx, and he holds over 70 patents worldwide. He has been awarded two R&D 100 Awards and was recognized by the US Congress for his work in the medical device field. He has been named Inventor of the Year and Distinguished Inventor by Battelle, and was selected by the National Academy of Engineering in 2011 to attend the Frontiers in Engineering Symposium. Mr. Bouton received his BS in Electrical Engineering at Iowa State University and his MS in Engineering Mechanics at Iowa State University with Honors.

Iowa State University
Degree: MS
1996
Field of Study: Engineering Mechanics

Iowa State University
Degree: BS
1993
Field of Study: Electrical Engineering

2012 Iowa State University Alumnus of the Year Award
2012 Scientific and Technical Team Award for Cardinal Health R&D Program
2011 Selected by the National Academy of Engineering for Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) – Selected
as one of the top 80 leaders in engineering
2011 Battelle’s Distinguished Inventor Award
2011 Tech-Columbus Inventor of the Year Semi-Finalist
2010 Recognized in US Congress – for work in Neural Prosthetics and Contributions to Medical
Device Field
2010 Battelle Inventor of the Year Award for contributions to the medical device field, including
cancer detection systems and neural decoding technologies.
2009 Health and Life Sciences President’s Award – Optical Biological Detection System
2008 Medical Design Excellence Award® (MDEA) for the development of the Medrad XDS™
Extravasation Detector system and the underlying patented technology for rapid detection of fluid
accumulation in biological tissues.
2007 Research and Development Magazine – R&D 100 Award for the development of improved
methods for decoding human brain activity with the purpose of allowing disabled individuals to
control devices such as a personal computer and a wheelchair, directly with their thoughts.
2007 Research and Development Magazine – Editor’s Choice Award for the most outstanding
technology of the year in the area of decoding human brain activity.
2007 Battelle Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for work in the area of decoding human
brain activity with applications for disabled individuals.
2006 Commercial Recognition Award (Medrad, Inc.) – recognized by Medrad’s CEO and Executive
Director of Computed Tomography for “Technical Excellence and Leadership” during the
development of a new medical product for rapid detection of IV infiltrations and extravasations.
2004 Battelle Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for the innovation and development of a
new medical sensing technology for fluid detection in biological applications.
2000 Research and Development Magazine – R&D 100 Award for the development of a cancer
detection system for intraoperative use, including contributions to detection algorithm development
allowing surgeons to more rapidly and accurately pinpoint cancerous tissue.
2002 Battelle Key Contributor Award – Technical and Leadership Contributions to Nerve Mapping
Technology Evaluation Program.
1998 Battelle Key Contributor Award – Significant Technical Contributions to the Neoprobe Neo2000
System Development Program.
1996 Research Excellence Award from Iowa State University indicating his research quality was in
the top 10% of all masters and Ph.D. graduates.

1. Bouton C, Annetta N, Glenn B, Mysiw W, Rezai A., “Neural Bridging and High Definition Neuromuscular Stimulation in Tetraplegia,” 11th World Congress of the International Neuromodulation Society. June 8-13, 2013; Berlin, Germany.

2. Bermeo T., Sharma G., Bouton C., Burnaugh A., Annetta N., “Experiences in Implanting Microelectrode Arrays (MEA) for Chronic Neural Recording in Non-human Primates,” 29th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Surgical Research, September 26-28, 2013, Clearwater Beach, FL.

3. Annetta N., Buck V., Eubanks F., Friend J., Glenn B., Masters M., Schimmoeller A., and Bouton C., “High Definition Neuromuscular Stimulation System for Hand and Wrist Movement in a Tetraplegic Subject,” IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering. November 2013; San Diego, CA.

4. Bouton C, Annetta A, Arora S, Buck V, Eubanks C, Friend J, Glenn B, Mack N, Masters M, Schimmoeller A., “High Definition Neuromuscular Stimulation and Encoding,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference Brain Machine Interface Workshop. September 2012; San Diego, CA.

5. Bouton C, “What’s on Your Mind? Neural Decoding,” Medical Design Magazine, 2010.

6. Bouton C, Lombardi T, Ruggeri F, and Stark G., “Experimental Detection of Subcutaneous Contrast Extravasation Using Radio Frequency Permittivity Sensing,” Journal of Computer Assisted Tomograph, Volume 33 – Issue 6 – pp 824-827, 2009.

7. Bouton C, “Decoding Neural Activity from an Intracortical Implant in Humans with Tetraplegia,” Biomedical Science & Engineering Conference at Oak Ridge National Laboratory,  vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 18-19, 2009.

8. Bouton C, “Reduction to Practice of Subdermal/Subdural Blood and Material Detection Technology,” University of Pittsburgh: Science 2003.

9. Mickel C, Minut A, Peterson C, Walker S, Wieman R, Xu D, and Bouton C, “Modeling Compton Scattering and Photoelectric Absorption of X-rays in Media Containing Heavy Elements,” Center for Research in Scientific Computation Technical Report CRSC-TR00-17, North Carolina State University, July 2000.

10. Coorpender S, Finkel D, Kyzar J, Sims R, Smirnova A, Tawhid M, Bouton C, and Smith R, “Modeling and Optimization Issues Concerning a Circular Piezoelectric Actuator Design,” Proceedings of the 1999 Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME.

11. Bouton C and McConnell K, “Robust Vibration Suppression (RVS) Method for Robotic, Manufacturing, and other Electromechanical Systems,” in Sensors and Controls for Advanced Manufacturing, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3201, pp. 144-153, 1997.

12. McConnell K and Bouton C, “Noise and Vibration Control with Robust Vibration Suppression,” Sound and Vibration, June 1997.