Towards an artificial peripheral nerve: Liquid metal-based fluidic cuff electrodes for long-term nerve stimulation and recording. 2022

Rongyu Tang, and Chenglin Zhang, and Bingxin Liu, and Chanyuan Jiang, and Lei Wang, and Xuerui Zhang, and Qiang Huang, and Jing Liu, and Lei Li
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China; School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, China.

Nerve cuff electrodes have been used for decades as peripheral nerve interfacing devices in the fields of neural science, neural disease, and brain-machine interfacing. The currently-used cuff electrode is commonly based on rigid materials whose flexibility and tensile properties are far different from those of biological nervous tissue. Herein, a fluidic cuff electrode using a gallium-based liquid metal (LM) conductor is developed as a prototype artificial peripheral nerve. The results indicate that the LM cuff electrode has high flexibility and maintains outstanding conductivity. After implanted and connected to the sciatic nerve, the LM electrodes within the freely moving rats' bodies survive repeated body stretching and retain their long-term effectiveness in transmitting sciatic nerve signals with a high signal-to-noise ratio during two-week experiments. The LM electrodes are also proven capable of transmitting neural stimuli to the peripheral nerve on a long-term basis by triggering clear event-related potentials (ERPs) in terms of both the cortical potential and sciatic signal. These tests demonstrate that the LM electrodes meet the requirements of peripheral nerve signal recording and stimulation for long-term implantation, and have the potential to become a new generation of artificial peripheral nerve devices to interface with, supplement, or even enhance and replace the real peripheral nerve.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009417 Nerve Tissue Differentiated tissue of the central nervous system composed of NERVE CELLS, fibers, DENDRITES, and specialized supporting cells. Nervous Tissue,Nerve Tissues,Nervous Tissues,Tissue, Nerve,Tissue, Nervous,Tissues, Nerve,Tissues, Nervous
D010525 Peripheral Nerves The nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord, including the autonomic, cranial, and spinal nerves. Peripheral nerves contain non-neuronal cells and connective tissue as well as axons. The connective tissue layers include, from the outside to the inside, the epineurium, the perineurium, and the endoneurium. Endoneurium,Epineurium,Perineurium,Endoneuriums,Epineuriums,Nerve, Peripheral,Nerves, Peripheral,Perineuriums,Peripheral Nerve
D004558 Electric Stimulation Use of electric potential or currents to elicit biological responses. Stimulation, Electric,Electrical Stimulation,Electric Stimulations,Electrical Stimulations,Stimulation, Electrical,Stimulations, Electric,Stimulations, Electrical
D004566 Electrodes Electric conductors through which electric currents enter or leave a medium, whether it be an electrolytic solution, solid, molten mass, gas, or vacuum. Anode,Anode Materials,Cathode,Cathode Materials,Anode Material,Anodes,Cathode Material,Cathodes,Electrode,Material, Anode,Material, Cathode
D004567 Electrodes, Implanted Surgically placed electric conductors through which ELECTRIC STIMULATION is delivered to or electrical activity is recorded from a specific point inside the body. Implantable Electrodes,Implantable Stimulation Electrodes,Implanted Electrodes,Implanted Stimulation Electrodes,Electrode, Implantable,Electrode, Implantable Stimulation,Electrode, Implanted,Electrode, Implanted Stimulation,Electrodes, Implantable,Electrodes, Implantable Stimulation,Electrodes, Implanted Stimulation,Implantable Electrode,Implantable Stimulation Electrode,Implanted Electrode,Implanted Stimulation Electrode,Stimulation Electrode, Implantable,Stimulation Electrode, Implanted,Stimulation Electrodes, Implantable,Stimulation Electrodes, Implanted
D005708 Gallium A rare, metallic element designated by the symbol, Ga, atomic number 31, and atomic weight 69.72.
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D015374 Biosensing Techniques Any of a variety of procedures which use biomolecular probes to measure the presence or concentration of biological molecules, biological structures, microorganisms, etc., by translating a biochemical interaction at the probe surface into a quantifiable physical signal. Bioprobes,Biosensors,Electrodes, Enzyme,Biosensing Technics,Bioprobe,Biosensing Technic,Biosensing Technique,Biosensor,Electrode, Enzyme,Enzyme Electrode,Enzyme Electrodes,Technic, Biosensing,Technics, Biosensing,Technique, Biosensing,Techniques, Biosensing
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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