Live demonstration: Targeted transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for phantom limb sensory feedback

Luke Osborn, Joseph Betthauser, Rahul Kaliki, Nitish V Thakor

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Abstract

This is a live demonstration of the work described in [1] and [2] (paper ID 7153). The goal of this work is to use a neuromorphic model for providing tactile feedback to a prosthetic hand and user to improve grasping functionality. Custom force sensors are placed on the fingertips of a bebionc3 (Steeper, Leeds, UK) prosthetic hand and communicate with the prosthesis controller (Infinite Biomedical Technologies, Baltimore, USA). The prosthesis grip force is used as the input to a leaky integrate and fire (LIF) with spike rate adaption neuron model to produce a tactile signal represented by spiking information, which is similar to the behavior of mechanoreceptors found in humans. The prosthesis controller produces spiking information to capture the tactile signal during a grasping task. The neuromorphic tactile signal can then be used as grip force modulation [1] or for closed-loop sensory feedback as discussed in [2].

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2017 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2017 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Number of pages1
Volume2018-January
ISBN (Electronic)9781509058037
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 23 2018
Event2017 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2017 - Torino, Italy
Duration: Oct 19 2017Oct 21 2017

Other

Other2017 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2017
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTorino
Period10/19/1710/21/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Instrumentation

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