Acute Performance of the Thin-Film Longitudinal Intra-Fascicular Electrode

Author

Yoshida, Ken ; Hennings, Kristian ; Kammer, Sascha

Author_Institution

Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

20-22 Feb. 2006

Firstpage

296

Lastpage

300

Abstract

A thin-film microfabricated multisite longitudinal intra-fascicular electrode (LIFE) array was realized as a patterned thin film on polyimide structure. These electrodes were tested in the acute rabbit animal preparation to determine their recording characteristics for comparison to standard metal wire LIFEs and the cuff electrode. It was found that the tfLIFE provided nearly as high signal amplitudes as the metal electrodes, with greater recording selectivity, making them a promising peripheral nerve interface for advanced FNS and neuroprosthetic applications

Keywords

biomedical electrodes; microelectrodes; micromachining; neurophysiology; prosthetics; thin film devices; cuff electrode; electrode array; longitudinal intra-fascicular electrode; metal wire electrode; microfabricated multisite electrode; neuroprosthetic application; peripheral nerve interface; polyimide structure; recording characteristics; thin-film electrode; Animals; Biomedical electrodes; Biomedical engineering; Cable insulation; Metallization; Neural prosthesis; Polyimides; Rabbits; Transistors; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006. BioRob 2006. The First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0040-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639102

Filename

1639102