An IC-Based Controllable Stimulator for Respiratory Muscle Stimulation Investigations

Jonathan Castelli (1, 2) , Florian Kolbl (3) , Ricardo Siu (4) , Gilles N'Kaoua (1) , Yannick Bornat (1) , Ashwin Mangalore (1) , Brian Hillen (4) , James Abbas (5) , Sylvie Renaud (1) , Jung Ranu (6) , Noëlle Lewis (1)

1 IMS - Laboratoire de l'intégration, du matériau au système
2 UB - Université de Bordeaux
3 ASTRE [Cergy-Pontoise]
4 Biomedical Engineering Department
5 ASU - Arizona State University [Tempe]
6 ANS - ANS lab

— Functional Electrical Stimulation can be used to restore motor functions loss consecutive to spinal cord injury, such as respiratory deficiency due to paralysis of ventilatory muscles. This paper presents a fully configurable IC-centered stimulator designed to investigate muscle stimulation paradigms. It provides 8 current stimulation channels with high-voltage compliance and real-time operation capabilities, to enable a wide range of FES applications. The stimulator can be used in a standalone mode, or within a closed-loop setup. Primary in vivo results show successful drive of respiratory muscles stimulation using a computer-based dedicated controller.

Domains: Electronics; Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics

Jonathan Castelli, Florian Kolbl, Ricardo Siu, Gilles N'Kaoua, Yannick Bornat, et al.. An IC-Based Controllable Stimulator for Respiratory Muscle Stimulation Investigations. IEEE EMBC, Jul 2017, Jeju Island, South Korea. ⟨hal-01593374⟩