DocumentCode
2079405
Title
Motor function rebuilding of limbs based on communication principle and electronic system
Author
Zhi-Gong Wang ; Xiaoying Lu ; Yang Xia ; Weyuan Li ; Zonghao Huang ; Yuxuan Zhou ; Xiaoyan Shen ; Xintai Zhao ; Jingdong Yang ; Suyang Wang ; Ming Ma ; Bilei Wang
Author_Institution
Inst. of RF- & OE-ICs, Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China
fYear
2012
fDate
Aug. 28 2012-Sept. 1 2012
Firstpage
843
Lastpage
846
Abstract
In this paper, we report our novel idea on the function rebuilding for hemiplegic limbs and the primary experiments. The main concept is to connect the control-lost nerves or neuromuscular junctions by using a multi-channel micro- electronic neural bridge (MENB), regenerate the nervous signal, and rebuild the motor functions of the related limb. Since the injured nervous system in stroke-related hemiplegia is located in the brain and difficult to be identified and operate on, we use another nervous system functioning as a new signal source to supply similar neural signals. In these cases, that means, two independent nervous systems are connected by a MENB. As preclinical experiments, we have made a series of tests on bodies of animals and healthy human. The principle, the system construction and the experimental results will be given.
Keywords
biomedical electronics; brain; electromyography; integrated circuits; medical signal detection; medical signal processing; neuromuscular stimulation; patient rehabilitation; EMG signals; MENB; brain; communication principle; control-lost nerves; electronic system; healthy human; hemiplegic limbs; injured nervous system; motor function rebuilding; multichannel microelectronic neural bridge; neuromuscular junctions; stroke-related hemiplegia; Animals; Communication systems; Educational institutions; Electrodes; Humans; Spinal cord; Animals; Anura; Electric Stimulation Therapy; Extremities; Hemiplegia; Humans; Male; Microelectrodes; Models, Neurological; Nerve Regeneration; Neurons; Synaptic Transmission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
ISSN
1557-170X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4119-8
Electronic_ISBN
1557-170X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346063
Filename
6346063
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