Design and Simulation of a Ring-Shaped Linear Array for Microultrasound Capsule Endoscopy.

Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) has significantly advanced visualization of the gastrointestinal tract since its introduction in the last 20 years. Work is now under way to combine VCE with microultrasound imaging. However, small maximum capsule dimensions, coupled with the electronics required to integrate ultrasound imaging capabilities, pose significant design challenges.

Development of a Mechanical Scanning Device With High-Frequency Ultrasound Transducer for Ultrasonic Capsule Endoscopy.

Wireless capsule endoscopy has opened a new era by enabling remote diagnostic assessment of the gastrointestinal tract in a painless procedure. Video capsule endoscopy is currently commercially available worldwide. However, it is limited to visualization of superficial tissue.

Fibre-selective recording from the peripheral nerves of frogs using a multi-electrode cuff.

Objective: We investigate the ability of the method of velocity selective recording (VSR) to determine the fibre types that contribute to a compound action potential (CAP) propagating along a peripheral nerve. Real-time identification of the active fibre types by determining the direction of action potential propagation (afferent or efferent) and velocity might allow future neural prostheses to make better use of biological sensor signals and provide a new and simple tool for use in fundamental neuroscience.

Approach: Fibre activity was recorded from explanted Xenopus Laevis frog sciatic nerve using a single multi-electrode cuff that records whole nerve activity with 11 equidistant ring-shaped electrodes.

Fibre-selective recording from peripheral nerves using a multiple-contact cuff: report on pilot pig experiments.

A single cuff electrode with multiple-contacts permits fibre selective recording from peripheral nerves. This has been demonstrated in frog nerve in vitro and earth worm before. In this paper we apply this method successfully to the peripheral median nerve of pig in vivo.

Velocity-selective recording from frog nerve using a multi-contact cuff electrode.

Obtaining neural information from nerve cuff recordings for use as feedback signals for neural prostheses is slowly becoming state-of-the-art. Traditional tripolar cuff recordings cannot provide information on the fiber type contributing to the compound electro neurogram. In order to get this data we employed a novel nerve cuff carrying eleven electrode contacts equally distributed along its axis.