1. Glued Carbon Fiber Electrodes for Diaphragm Pacing
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Yukio Harada, Morio Togawa, Yoshihito Fukui, Toshifumi Sugiura, and Motohiko Kimura
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Contraction (grammar) ,Threshold current ,Materials science ,Diaphragm ,Biomedical Engineering ,Carbon fibers ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Fibrin Tissue Adhesive ,Electric Stimulation Therapy ,Bioengineering ,Biomaterials ,Dogs ,Animals ,Fibrin glue ,Mongrel dogs ,Equipment Design ,General Medicine ,musculoskeletal system ,Carbon ,Electrodes, Implanted ,Phrenic Nerve ,Diaphragm pacing ,visual_art ,Anesthesia ,Electrode ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Biomedical engineering - Abstract
Carbon fibers with fibrin glue were used as electrodes for diaphragm pacing. The electrodes were applied to three mongrel dogs and the effectiveness was tested. The carbon leads were glued to phrenic nerves by means of the fibrinogen and thrombin bilaterally. The tidal volumes and threshold current level for stimulation were measured at various time up to 9 weeks after implantation. Effective contraction of diaphragm were observed for 9 weeks. By using this electrode, the exfoliation of the nerve is not necessary, the nerve can be maintained in an intact state, and the risk of the implanting operation can be minimized.
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- 1990
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