Application of implantable wireless biomicrosystem for monitoring nerve impedance of rat after sciatic nerve injury

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-128

  Li, Yu Ting ^a   Peng, Chih Wei ^b,c   Chen, Lung Tai ^a,d   Lin, Wen Shan ^d   Chu, Chun Hsun ^d   Chen, Jia Jin Jason ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; impedance measurement; implantable biomicrosystem; nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIOMICROSYSTEMS; CONSTANT CURRENT; COUPLING TECHNIQUES; CUFF ELECTRODE; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; IN-VIVO; INITIAL VALUES; LONG TERM MONITORING; MYELINATED FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE REPAIR; PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION; PULSE CURRENTS; RAT MODEL; SCIATIC NERVES; SECOND GROUP; TRANSCUTANEOUS;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; RATS;

WELL STIMULATION;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RAT; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TELEMETRY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MALE; MINIATURIZATION; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TELEMETRY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872153023     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2012.2219883     Document Type: Article

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