Design of an implant for preventing incontinence after spinal cord injury

Artificial Organs

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 586-591

  Donaldson, Nick ^a   Perkins, Tim ^a   Pachnis, Ioannis ^a   Vanhoest, Anne ^a   Demosthenous, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Battery charger; Conditional neuromodulator; Electroneurogram amplifier; Implant; Implant battery; Medical Implant Communication System; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BUDGET CONTROL; RADIO LINKS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; UROLOGY;

BATTERY CHARGERS; CONDITIONAL NEUROMODULATOR; ELECTRONEUROGRAM AMPLIFIERS; IMPLANT; IMPLANT BATTERY; IMPLANTED DEVICE; MEDICAL IMPLANT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NEUROMODULATORS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

CHARGING (BATTERIES);

AMPLIFIER; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER EMPTYING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY; HYPERREFLEXIA; IMPLANT; MYOELECTRICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 49749084876     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2008.00606.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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