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  • Title: A microscale photovoltaic neurostimulator for fiber optic delivery of functional electrical stimulation.
    Author: Song YK, Stein J, Patterson WR, Bull CW, Davitt KM, Serruya MD, Zhang J, Nurmikko AV, Donoghue JP.
    Journal: J Neural Eng; 2007 Sep; 4(3):213-8. PubMed ID: 17873423.
    Abstract:
    Recent advances in functional electrical stimulation (FES) show significant promise for restoring voluntary movement in patients with paralysis or other severe motor impairments. Current approaches for implantable FES systems involve multisite stimulation, posing research issues related to their physical size, power and signal delivery, surgical and safety challenges. To explore a different means for delivering the stimulus to a distant muscle nerve site, we have elicited in vitro FES response using a high efficiency microcrystal photovoltaic device as a neurostimulator, integrated with a biocompatible glass optical fiber which forms a lossless, interference-free lightwave conduit for signal and energy transport. As a proof of concept demonstration, a sciatic nerve of a frog is stimulated by the microcrystal device connected to a multimode optical fiber (core diameter of 62.5 microm), which converts optical activation pulses ( approximately 100 micros) from an infrared semiconductor laser source (at 852 nm wavelength) into an FES signal.
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