2024 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials
Sep 1 - Sep 4, 2024Arcrea HIMEJI
2024 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials
Sep 1 - Sep 4, 2024Arcrea HIMEJI
[G-5-04]Development of CSC-bypass Cuff Electrode for Recording Neural Activity on the Full Circumference of Cervical Spinal Cord
〇Kazushi Tsuji1, Atsuhiko Ninomiya2, Naoki Iwanuma3, Chenxi Qiu3, Shutaro Oba3, Hisashi Kino4, Takafumi Fukushima1,3, Kuniyasu Niizuma2,5,6, Hidenori Endo2, Tetsu Tanaka1,3(1. Graduate School of Biomedical Eng., Tohoku Univ. (Japan), 2. Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku Univ. Graduate School of Medicine (Japan), 3. Graduate School of Eng., Tohoku Univ. (Japan), 4. Graduate School of ISEE, Kyushu Univ. (Japan), 5. Department of Neurosurgical Eng. and Translational Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical Eng., Tohoku Univ. (Japan), 6. Department of Neurosurgical Eng. and Translational Neuroscience, Tohoku Univ. Graduate School of Medicine (Japan))
There has been much research on electrical stimulation of the spinal cord to restore nerves with spinal cord injuries. However, with the present methods, restoring nerves throughout the body is difficult and requires brain invasion. Thus, in a previous study, we proposed a Cervical Spinal Cord (CSC) Interface that would allow neural recovery invading only the cervical spinal cord. In this study, we have fabricated and evaluated the CSC-bypass Cuff Electrode in vitro and set up animal experiments for in vivo evaluation.