Implantable neural electrical stimulator for external control of gastrointestinal motility

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-252

  Jalilian, Ehsan ^a   Onen, Denis ^a   Neshev, Emil ^a   Mintchev, Martin P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embedded system design; Functional electrical stimulation; Gastrointestinal motility; Gastroparesis; Implantable stimulators; Obesity; Retrograde peristalsis; Wireless telemetry

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; NEUROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; TELEMETERING; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROPARESIS; IMPLANTABLE STIMULATORS; OBESITY; RETROGRADE PERISTALSIS; WIRELESS TELEMETRY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOG; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MICROCOMPUTER; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; STOMACH MUSCLE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; STOMACH; TELEMETRY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33847716062     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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