Micromodular implants to provide electrical stimulation of paralyzed muscles and limbs

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 781-790

  Cameron, Tracy ^a,b,c   Loeb, Gerald E ^b   Peck, Raymond A ^b   Schulman, Joseph H ^a,d   Strojnik, Primoz ^d   Troyk, Philip R ^a,e  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d A E Mann Foundation for Scientific Research   (United States)

^e Illinois Institute for Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

FES; FNS; Muscle; Paralysis; Stimulator; TES

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC STIMULATORS; MICROMODULAR IMPLANTS; PARALYSIS;

DISEASES; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HINDLIMB; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NONHUMAN; PARESIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; IRIDIUM; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TANTALUM;

EID: 0031239099     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.623047     Document Type: Article

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