Dermal Sensory Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface for Reestablishing Sensory Nerve Feedback in Peripheral Afferents in the Rat.
Journal
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
ISSN: 1529-4242
Titre abrégé: Plast Reconstr Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 1306050
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 05 2023
01 05 2023
Historique:
medline:
17
5
2023
pubmed:
3
2
2023
entrez:
2
2
2023
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ppublish
Résumé
Without meaningful, intuitive sensory feedback, even the most advanced myoelectric devices require significant cognitive demand to control. The dermal sensory regenerative peripheral nerve interface (DS-RPNI) is a biological interface designed to establish high-fidelity sensory feedback from prosthetic limbs. DS-RPNIs were constructed in rats by securing fascicles of residual sensory peripheral nerves into autologous dermal grafts, with the objectives of confirming regeneration of sensory afferents within DS-RPNIs and establishing the reliability of afferent neural response generation with either mechanical or electrical stimulation. Two months after implantation, DS-RPNIs were healthy and displayed well-vascularized dermis with organized axonal collaterals throughout and no evidence of neuroma. Electrophysiologic signals were recorded proximal from DS-RPNI's sural nerve in response to both mechanical and electrical stimuli and compared with (1) full-thickness skin, (2) deepithelialized skin, and (3) transected sural nerves without DS-RPNI. Mechanical indentation of DS-RPNIs evoked compound sensory nerve action potentials (CSNAPs) that were like those evoked during indentation of full-thickness skin. CSNAP firing rates and waveform amplitudes increased in a graded fashion with increased mechanical indentation. Electrical stimuli delivered to DS-RPNIs reliably elicited CSNAPs at low current thresholds, and CSNAPs gradually increased in amplitude with increasing stimulation current. These findings suggest that afferent nerve fibers successfully reinnervate DS-RPNIs, and that graded stimuli applied to DS-RPNIs produce proximal sensory afferent responses similar to those evoked from normal skin. This confirmation of graded afferent signal transduction through DS-RPNI neural interfaces validate DS-RPNI's potential role of facilitating sensation in human-machine interfacing. The DS-RPNI is a novel biotic-abiotic neural interface that allows for transduction of sensory stimuli into neural signals. It is expected to advance the restoration of natural sensation and development of sensorimotor control in prosthetics.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Without meaningful, intuitive sensory feedback, even the most advanced myoelectric devices require significant cognitive demand to control. The dermal sensory regenerative peripheral nerve interface (DS-RPNI) is a biological interface designed to establish high-fidelity sensory feedback from prosthetic limbs.
METHODS
DS-RPNIs were constructed in rats by securing fascicles of residual sensory peripheral nerves into autologous dermal grafts, with the objectives of confirming regeneration of sensory afferents within DS-RPNIs and establishing the reliability of afferent neural response generation with either mechanical or electrical stimulation.
RESULTS
Two months after implantation, DS-RPNIs were healthy and displayed well-vascularized dermis with organized axonal collaterals throughout and no evidence of neuroma. Electrophysiologic signals were recorded proximal from DS-RPNI's sural nerve in response to both mechanical and electrical stimuli and compared with (1) full-thickness skin, (2) deepithelialized skin, and (3) transected sural nerves without DS-RPNI. Mechanical indentation of DS-RPNIs evoked compound sensory nerve action potentials (CSNAPs) that were like those evoked during indentation of full-thickness skin. CSNAP firing rates and waveform amplitudes increased in a graded fashion with increased mechanical indentation. Electrical stimuli delivered to DS-RPNIs reliably elicited CSNAPs at low current thresholds, and CSNAPs gradually increased in amplitude with increasing stimulation current.
CONCLUSIONS
These findings suggest that afferent nerve fibers successfully reinnervate DS-RPNIs, and that graded stimuli applied to DS-RPNIs produce proximal sensory afferent responses similar to those evoked from normal skin. This confirmation of graded afferent signal transduction through DS-RPNI neural interfaces validate DS-RPNI's potential role of facilitating sensation in human-machine interfacing.
CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT
The DS-RPNI is a novel biotic-abiotic neural interface that allows for transduction of sensory stimuli into neural signals. It is expected to advance the restoration of natural sensation and development of sensorimotor control in prosthetics.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36729137
doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010086
pii: 00006534-202305000-00022
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eng
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Copyright © 2022 by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
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