A flexible base electrode array for intraspinal microstimulation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2904-2913

  Khaled, Imad ^a   Elmallah, Salma ^a   Cheng, Cheng ^a   Moussa, Walied A ^a   Mushahwar, Vivian K ^b   Elias, Anastasia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; electrode array; finite element model; mechanical compliance; mechanical properties; spinal cord; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; MECHANICAL COMPLIANCE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); SPINAL CORDS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRAIN;

ELECTRODES;

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FLEXIBLE BASE ELECTRODE ARRAY; HUMAN; INTRASPINAL MICROSTIMULATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROELECTRODE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 84884545306     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2013.2265877     Document Type: Article

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