Chronically implanted intrafascicular recording electrodes.
A newly designed intrafascicular electrode for chronic neural recording was studied by implanting 12 electrodes in the radial nerves of 6 cats for 6 months. Action potentials were monitored at specified intervals throughout the experiment. The number and size of the signals recorded suggest that this type of electrode provides information that is appropriate for feedback control in functional electrical stimulation (FES) systems. Histology of the nerve revealed that the implants are biocompatible and that little damage is caused by the presence of the electrode.
Lefurge
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Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112.
Goodall
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Horch
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Stensaas
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Schoenberg
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D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000473:pathology; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002415:Cats; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004867:Equipment Design; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D010984:Platinum / Q000009:adverse effects; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene / Q000009:adverse effects; D011826:Radial Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D010984:Platinum; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene