A multichannel, neural interface for the peripheral nervous system

• Published in: IEEE SMC'99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (Cat. No.99CH37028) Vol. 4; pp. 370 - 375 vol.4
• Main Authors: Normann, R.A., Branner, A.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 1999
• Subjects: Electrodes; Microelectrodes; Muscles; Needles; Nervous system; Neural prosthesis; Pulse generation; Sensor arrays; Silicon; Spinal cord

A practical interface to the peripheral nervous system (or to the spinal cord) that could be used in a neuroprosthetic application must have two features: it should be able to selectively stimulate a large number of individual muscle groups in a highly specific fashion; and it should also be able to...