Title :
A special-purpose embedded controller for an implantable spinal cord stimulation system
Author :
Nikbakht, Hajar ; Sodagar, Amir M. ; Seifouri, Mahmood ; Barati, Saeid
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training Univ., Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
This paper reports on a special-purpose controller dedicated to an implantable spinal cord electrical stimulation (SCS) microsystem. The controller supports parallel biphasic stimulation pulses on 16 channels concurrently, and recording neural response on any one of the sites with 8 bits of resolution. Anodic and cathodic pulse amplitudes are programmable with 8 bits of resolution, while the timing of the pulses is controllable in the real time through the data packets receiving serially via a wireless link.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; medical control systems; neuromuscular stimulation; prosthetics; wireless channels; SCS microsystem; data packets; implantable spinal cord electrical stimulation microsystem; parallel biphasic stimulation pulses; programmable anodic pulse amplitude; programmable cathodic pulse amplitude; special purpose embedded controller; wireless link; Educational institutions; Electrical stimulation; Pain; Spinal cord; Synchronization; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering (ICBME), 2011 18th Iranian Conference of
Conference_Location :
Tehran
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1004-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICBME.2011.6168579
