IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology
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Preliminary Minimum Reporting Requirements for In-Vivo Neural Interface Research: I. Implantable Neural Interfaces
Calvin Elber, Jean Delbeke, Jorge Cardoso, Martijn De Neeling, Sam E John, Jerry Skefos, Dimiter Prodanov, Chang Won Lee, Argus Sun, Zach Mckinney
The pace of research and development in neuroscience, neurotechnology, and neurorehabilitation is rapidly accelerating, with the number of publications doubling every 4.2 years. Maintaining this progress requires technological standards and scientific reporting guidelines to provide frameworks for communication and interoperability....
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Posted on 23 FEB 2021
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Laparoscopic Renal Denervation System for Treating Resistant Hypertension: Overcoming Limitations of Catheter-based Approaches
Jinhwan Baik, Won Hoon Song, Donghyun Yim, Sangyong Lee, Sunchoel Yang, Hae-Yong Lee, Eue-Keun Choi, Chang Wook Jeong, Sung-Min Park
The radical sympathectomy and percutaneous catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) are two techniques proposed to treat life-threatening resistant hypertension. However, sympathectomy has been abandoned due to the procedure being too invasive, and RDN resulted in variation in blood pressure reduction between patients due to suboptimal denervation. Thus, a method to effectively ablate renal nerves while not being very invasive is needed to treat the resistant hypertension patients. Here we propose a minimally invasive Laparoscopic Denervation System (LDS) to serve this unmet clinical need. The LDS employs a direct renal nerve ablation technique while not imparting thermal arterial damage...
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Posted on 30 NOV 2020
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Functional selectivity of lumbosacral stimulation: Methodological approach and pilot study to assess visceral function in pigs
Thomas Guiho, Christine Azevedo-Coste, David Andreu, Claire Delleci, Luc Bauchet, Jean-Rodolphe Vignes, David Guiraud
Nearly all spinal cord injured (SCI) individuals lose bladder control and are prone to kidney complications if intermittent catheterization is not applied. Electrical stimulation (ES) of the sacral anterior roots with an implantable neuroprosthesis is one means to restore continence...
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Posted on 19 NOV 2018
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Accelerometer Based Assessment of Intestinal Peristalsis: Towards Miniaturized Low Power Solutions for Intestinal Implants
Intestinal electrical stimulation via implants is already used to treat several disorders like constipation or incontinence. Stimulation parameters are most often empiric and not based on systematic studies. One prerequisite to evaluate effects of intestinal electrical stimulation is a direct...
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Posted on 19 SEP 2018