Acquisition of myoelectric signals to control a hand prosthesis with implantable epimysial electrodes

Author

Ruff, Roman ; Poppendieck, Wigand ; Gail, Alexander ; Westendorff, Stephanie ; Russold, Michael ; Lewis, Sören ; Meiners, Thomas ; Hoffmann, Klaus-Peter

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer Inst. for Biomed. Eng., St. Ingbert, Germany

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010

Firstpage

5070

Lastpage

5073

Abstract

The acquisition of myoelectric signals from the Musculus deltoideus of a rhesus monkey is described. Such signals are aimed to be used as control signal for an active myoelectric hand prosthesis. For recording, implantable flexible, polyimide-based multi-site microelectrodes were placed epimysially on the muscle. EMG signals were recorded during voluntary goal-directed movements of the arm, and analyzed with respect to signal amplitude and frequency.

Keywords

biomedical electrodes; electromyography; medical signal detection; medical signal processing; prosthetics; Musculus deltoideus; arm; hand prosthesis; implantable epimysial electrodes; myoelectric signal acquisition; rhesus monkey; signal amplitude; signal frequency; voluntary goal-directed movements; Cutoff frequency; Electromyography; Microelectrodes; Muscles; Polyimides; Prosthetics; Animals; Arm; Artificial Limbs; Electrodes, Implanted; Electromyography; Macaca mulatta; Microelectrodes; Movement; Muscles; Prosthesis Design; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted;

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.2010.5626226

Filename

5626226