hybrid-brain-computer-interface &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/hybrid-brain-computer-interface/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "hybrid-brain-computer-interface" Sat, 25 May 2013 21:21:12 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[Design of an EMG Amplifi er Compatible with Functional Electrical Stimulation]]> http://mikerinderknecht.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/design-of-an-emg-amplifier-compatible-with-functional-electrical-stimulation/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:24:09 +0000 mike http://mikerinderknecht.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/design-of-an-emg-amplifier-compatible-with-functional-electrical-stimulation/ Minor thesis – Motor deficits, due to several diseases like spinal cord injuries or stroke, are a very frequent problem. This causes the affected patients to have a strong dependency on others and on assistive products, such that their quality of life is reduced. The aim of this project is to combine hybrid brain computer interfaces (hBCI) using electroencephalograms (EEG) and electromyograms (EMG) together with functional electrical stimulation (FES), in order to create novel assistive technologies (e.g. neuroprosthesis) that are faster, more reliable and less exhausting to use. Therefor, a device, capable of recording EMGs during simultaneous electrical stimulation, needs to be developed first.

 

Content of the project

The scope of this thesis of the Minor in Biomedical Technologies includes the precise identification of the required functionalities of the device and the design of a modular amplifier, which is capable of recording an EMG during FES. The result is a device that brings along many features and several interfaces (e.g. to a FES-device), while offering a large flexibility for a broad range of applications and needs. The analog amplifier-electronics are based on the schematics from Rüdiger Rupp. Further information coming.

Report

 

This project was carried out at the CNBI of the Center for Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering at the EPFL in collaboration with the Orthopaedic University Hospital II in Heidelberg under the supervision of:

Robert Leeb, Ph.D. and Prof. José del R. Millán (CNBI, EPFL)
Rüdiger Rupp, Ph.D. (Orthopaedic University Hospital II in Heidelberg)

 

 

 

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