A new FES system dedicated to selective stimulation: acute studies in dogs

Author

Robin, S. ; Tu, L.M. ; Arabi, K. ; Shaker, H. ; Sawan, M. ; Elhilali, M.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ecole Polytech., Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1996

Firstpage

424

Abstract

The authors propose a new functional electrical stimulation (FES) system dedicated to selective electro-stimulation of the sacral roots. This system generates a stimulus composed of two biphasic current waveforms, of independant parameters, that are transmitted to the nerve via a single bipolar electrode. High frequency blockage has been used in acute studies in dogs to inhibit the somatic innervation of the sphincter while leaving the bladder muscle free to be stimulated by a lower frequency

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; muscle; neurophysiology; prosthetics; FES system; acute dog studies; biphasic current waveforms; bladder function restoration; bladder muscle; functional electrical stimulation system; high frequency blockage; selective stimulation; single bipolar electrode; somatic innervation; somatic innervation inhibition; sphincter; Animals; Bladder; Dogs; Electrical stimulation; Electrodes; Frequency; Muscles; Neuromuscular stimulation; Signal generators; Space vector pulse width modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3811-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1996.657025

Filename

657025