Intrafascicular thin-film multichannel electrodes for sensory feedback: Evidences on a human amputee

Author

Benvenuto, A. ; Raspopovic, S. ; Hoffmann, K.P. ; Carpaneto, J. ; Cavallo, G. ; Di Pino, G. ; Guglielmelli, E. ; Rossini, L. ; Rossini, P.M. ; Tombini, M. ; Micera, S.

Author_Institution

Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Univ., Rome, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010

Firstpage

1800

Lastpage

1803

Abstract

The performance of motor neuroprostheses or robotic arm prostheses can be significantly improved by delivering sensory feed-back related to the ongoing motor task (e.g. the slippage of an object during grasping). Microfabricated neural electrodes implantable in peripheral nervous system seem a promising approach to this aim. New generation of thin-film intrafascicular electrodes longitudinally implantable in peripheral nerves (tf-LIFE4) has been developed and tested for afferent stimulation in human amputee case study.

Keywords

biomedical electrodes; microfabrication; neurophysiology; prosthetics; thin films; human amputee; intrafascicular thin-film multichannel electrodes; microfabricated neural electrodes; motor neuroprosthesis; peripheral nerves; peripheral nervous system; sensory feedback; Electrodes; Humans; Needles; Polyimides; Prosthetics; Robot sensing systems; Wires; Amputation Stumps; Amputees; Electrodes, Implanted; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Humans; Male; Membranes, Artificial; Peripheral Nerves; Sensory Receptor Cells;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Buenos Aires

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4123-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626401

Filename

5626401