To develop electrodes for use in functional neuromuscular stimulation which will allow reliable system operation over a period of several decades. This will require designs whose electrode tips do not move relative to the stimulated nerves, whose leads are resistant to breakage despite repeated movement, and whose materials do not mechnically destroy the tissue in which they are implanted.

Project Start
1987-09-01
Project End
1990-08-31
Budget Start
1987-09-01
Budget End
1988-08-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1987
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Case Western Reserve University
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
077758407
City
Cleveland
State
OH
Country
United States
Zip Code
44106
Scheiner, A; Mortimer, J T; Kicher, T P (1991) A study of the fatigue properties of small diameter wires used in intramuscular electrodes. J Biomed Mater Res 25:589-608