An Implantable Microactuated Intrafascicular Electrode for Peripheral Nerves

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2701-2706

  Bossi, Silvia ^a   Micera, S ^b   Menciassi, A ^a   Kammer, S ^c   Döorge, Thomas ^c   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^c  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intrafascicular interfaces; multiactuation; neural prosthesis; peripheral nervous system (PNS); TiNi microactuators

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; MINIATURIZATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 74049112343     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2031169     Document Type: Article

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