Fascicular Topography of the Human Median Nerve for Neuroprosthetic Surgery.

ABSTRACT: One of the most sought-after applications of neuroengineering is the communication between the arm and an artificial prosthetic device for the replacement of an amputated hand or the treatment of peripheral nerve injuries. For that, an electrode is placed around or inside the median nerve to serve as interface for recording and stimulation of nerve signals coming from the fascicles that innervate the muscles responsible for hand movements. Due to the lack of a standard procedure, the electrode implantation by the surgeon is strongly based on intuition, which may result in poor performance of the neuroprosthesis because of the suboptimal location of the neural interface. To provide morphological data that can aid the neuroprosthetic surgeon with this procedure, we investigated the fascicula

SUBMITTER: Delgado-Martinez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4929846 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature