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Chronically implanted intrafascicular recording electrodes
T Lefurge1, E Goodall, K Horch
1Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112.
Annals of Biomedical Engineering
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A newly designed intrafascicular electrode for chronic neural recording was studied by implanting 12 electrodes in the radial nerves of 6 cats for 6 months. Action potentials were monitored at specified intervals throughout the experiment. The number and size of the signals recorded suggest that this type of electrode provides information that is appropriate for feedback control in functional electrical stimulation (FES) systems. Histology of the nerve revealed that the implants are biocompatible and that little damage is caused by the presence of the electrode.