Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0344191

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0344191

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Functional Electronic Stimulation of Muscles - Development of a Model for Sensory Feedback to Amputees and Vision for the Blind. Electrical stimulation of nerve fibres is an emerging physiological technique with great promise towards rehabilitation. The field lacks techniques for detailed, focal application of stimuli to recruit specific fibres for fine muscle control or conveying useful neurosensory information. The investigator has developed microtechnology for delivering stimuli to 100 sites, conceivably facilitating recruitment of specific fibres within a given bundle. Effects of muscle stimulation are readily measured and shall be used to model and refine techniques for generic high-resolution fibre recruitment. Benefits include, improved muscle control in functional electrical stimulation, sensory perception for amputees and patterned vision from optic nerve stimulation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $100,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal Physiology—Systems | Rehabilitation Engineering | Biomedical Engineering | Biomaterials

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders | Nervous system and disorders |

Other Keywords

Animal Physiology—Systems | Biomaterials | Biomedical Engineering | Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders | Nervous system and disorders | Rehabilitation Engineering

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