Peripheral nerve stimulation device enabling adjustment of stimulation voltage

Reinnervation of denervated muscle after peripheral nerve injury is important to restore functional muscle activity. Recently, functional electrical stimulation (FES) to peripheral nerves has been demonstrated to be an effective method to restore muscle function. In this paper, a wirelessly powered...

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Published in2018 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS) pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors Miyamoto, Takahiro, Takeuchi, Masaru, Aoyama, Tadayoshi, Hasegawa, Yasuhisa, Nakano, Tomonori, Kurimoto, Shigeru, Hirata, Hitoshi
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.12.2018
Subjects
Iron
Muscles
Radio access technologies
Receivers
Transmitters
Voltage control
Voltage measurement
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Summary:Reinnervation of denervated muscle after peripheral nerve injury is important to restore functional muscle activity. Recently, functional electrical stimulation (FES) to peripheral nerves has been demonstrated to be an effective method to restore muscle function. In this paper, a wirelessly powered neurostimulator was developed to conduct FES to a peripheral nerve. The neurostimulator uses a magnetic field resonance method to supply power wirelessly from a transmitter coil to a receiver coil. The receiver coil is connected to a peripheral nerve and implanted into a rat body. The developed neurostimulator is portable, and the stimulation voltage is adjustable from 2.6 V to 5.0 V. The flexion of rat ankle was observed when the rat peroneal nerve was stimulated by the developed neurostimulator. This research aims at restoring function of denervated muscle by stimulating the peripheral nerve from the implanted device.
ISSN:2474-3771
DOI:10.1109/MHS.2018.8887041