Abstract
The aim of this study was to develop a new closed-loop control strategy for improving bladder emptying and verify its performance in animal experiments. Two channel outputs of electrical currents triggered by intravesical pressure (IVP)-feedback signals were set to automatically regulate the rat's pudendal nerve for selective nerve stimulation and blocking. Under this experimental design, a series of in-vivo animal experiments were conducted on anesthetized rats. Our results showed that the IVP-feedback control strategy for dual-channel pudendal neuromodulation performed well in animal experiments and could be utilized to selectively stimulate and block the pudendal nerve to augment bladder contraction and restore external urethral sphincter (EUS) bursting activity to simultaneously improve bladder emptying. This study demonstrates the feasibility of the IVP-based feedback-control strategy with animal experiments, and the results could provide a basis for developing a sophisticated neural prosthesis for restoring bladder function in clinical use or the relative neurophysiological study.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS |
Pages | 3626-3629 |
Number of pages | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Event | 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013 - Osaka, Japan Duration: Jul 3 2013 → Jul 7 2013 |
Other
Other | 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013 |
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Country/Territory | Japan |
City | Osaka |
Period | 7/3/13 → 7/7/13 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Signal Processing
- Biomedical Engineering
- Health Informatics