A Surgically-Implanted Intramuscular Electrode for an Implantable Neuromuscular Stimulation System

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 80-91

  Memberg, William D ^a   Peckham, P Hunter ^a   Keith, Michael W ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PITTING; SURFACES;

BUFFERED SALINE ENVIRONMENT; EPIMYSIAL ELECTRODES; IMPLANTABLE NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION SYSTEM; SURGICALLY IMPLANTED INTRAMUSCULAR ELECTRODE;

FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0028443013     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.313149     Document Type: Article

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