[HTML][HTML] Biomimetic approaches to bionic touch through a peripheral nerve interface

HP Saal, SJ Bensmaia - Neuropsychologia, 2015 - Elsevier
State-of-the-art prosthetic hands nearly match the dexterity of the human hand, and
sophisticated approaches have been developed to control them intuitively. However …

The role of biomaterials in peripheral nerve and spinal cord injury: a review

B Kaplan, S Levenberg - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Peripheral nerve and spinal cord injuries are potentially devastating traumatic conditions
with major consequences for patients' lives. Severe cases of these conditions are currently …

Intraneural stimulation elicits discrimination of textural features by artificial fingertip in intact and amputee humans

CM Oddo, S Raspopovic, F Artoni, A Mazzoni… - elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
Restoration of touch after hand amputation is a desirable feature of ideal prostheses. Here,
we show that texture discrimination can be artificially provided in human subjects by …

Sensory feedback by peripheral nerve stimulation improves task performance in individuals with upper limb loss using a myoelectric prosthesis

M Schiefer, D Tan, SM Sidek… - Journal of neural …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Tactile feedback is critical to grip and object manipulation. Its absence results in
reliance on visual and auditory cues. Our objective was to assess the effect of sensory …

Quantified morphology of the cervical and subdiaphragmatic vagus nerves of human, pig, and rat

NA Pelot, GB Goldhagen, JE Cariello… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
It is necessary to understand the morphology of the vagus nerve (VN) to design and deliver
effective and selective vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) because nerve morphology influences …

Stability and selectivity of a chronic, multi-contact cuff electrode for sensory stimulation in human amputees

DW Tan, MA Schiefer, MW Keith… - Journal of neural …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Stability and selectivity are important when restoring long-term, functional sensory
feedback in individuals with limb-loss. Our objective is to demonstrate a chronic, clinical …

Tutorial: a computational framework for the design and optimization of peripheral neural interfaces

S Romeni, G Valle, A Mazzoni, S Micera - Nature Protocols, 2020 - nature.com
Peripheral neural interfaces have been successfully used in the recent past to restore
sensory-motor functions in disabled subjects and for the neuromodulation of the autonomic …

Towards enhanced functionality of vagus neuroprostheses through in silico optimized stimulation

F Ciotti, R John, N Katic Secerovic, N Gozzi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Bioelectronic therapies modulating the vagus nerve are promising for cardiovascular,
inflammatory, and mental disorders. Clinical applications are however limited by side-effects …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the excitation of nerve axons under transcutaneous stimulation

N RaviChandran, J Hope, K Aw, A McDaid - Computers in Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Computational models enable a safe and convenient way to study the excitation of nerve
fibers under external stimulation. Contemporary models calculate the electric field …

Biomimetic encoding model for restoring touch in bionic hands through a nerve interface

EV Okorokova, Q He, SJ Bensmaia - Journal of neural …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Hand function can be restored in upper-limb amputees by equipping them with
anthropomorphic prostheses controlled with signals from residual muscles. The dexterity of …