Development of surrogate spinal cords for the evaluation of electrode arrays used in intraspinal implants

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1667-1676

  Cheng, Cheng ^a   Kmech, Jonn ^a   Mushahwar, Vivian K ^a   Elias, Anastasia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; gelatin; mechanical properties; silicone elastomers; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SILICONES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CANDIDATE MATERIALS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; GELATIN; GELATIN HYDROGELS; HUMAN SPINAL CORD; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI);

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

FORMALDEHYDE; GELATIN; SILASTIC; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINE IMPLANT; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NEUROPROSTHESIS; PROCEDURES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURGERY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; GELATIN; MATERIALS TESTING; NEURAL PROSTHESES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84877897350     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2013.2241061     Document Type: Article

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