Function Electrical Stimulation Signals Generator Circuits for the Central Nerve and the Sciatic Nerve

摘要

Circuits for the signal generation of the FES (functional electrical stimulation) of the central nerve and the sciatic nerve have been designed. The circuits were implemented by using discrete devices. The FES circuits consist of two or three operational amplifiers. The bandwidths of the circuits are more than 10 kHz and their gains are variable from 20 dB to 60 dB. To a load of several kilo-ohms, according to the microelectrode with the nerve, the circuit for stimulating central nerve can provide a current signal, and the signal value is more than 1 mA. The circuit for stimulating sciatic nerve can provide a stimulating voltage signal of more than 10 Vs. The loads of the circuits are microelectrodes contacted with nerves. The circuits can be used with two kinds of microelectrodes: cuff microelectrodes which for stimulating sciatic nerve and shaft microelectrodes which for stimulating central nerve