Stability and selectivity of a chronic, multi-contact cuff electrode for sensory stimulation in human amputees

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Tan, Daniel W ^a,b   Schiefer, Matthew A ^a,b   Keith, Michael W ^a,c   Anderson, J Robert ^a,d   Tyler, Dustin J ^a,b  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

functional electrical stimulation (FES); nerve electrodes; peripheral nerve; prosthetics; selective stimulation; sensory feedback; upper extremity neuroprostheses

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE; PROSTHETICS; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURAL INTERFACES; NEURAL STIMULATIONS; NEUROPROSTHESES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SELECTIVE STIMULATIONS; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTRODE IMPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MEDIAN NERVE; MULTI CONTACT CUFF ELECTRODE; NERVE STIMULATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SENSORY STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE; ARM; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMPUTEES; ARM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84924370394     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/12/2/026002     Document Type: Article

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