Takeuchi Shoji, Shimoyama Isao
Center for International Research on MicroMechatronics, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2004 Jan;51(1):133-7. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2003.820310.
A radio frequency (RF) telemetry system with a shape memory alloy microelectrode was designed and fabricated. The total size and weight are 15 mm x 8 mm and 0.1 g, respectively. Since the telemeter is small and light enough to be loaded on a small animal such as an insect, the system can be used for the neural recording of a freely moving insect. The RF-telemeter can transmit signals by frequency modulation transmission at 80-90 MHz. The transmitted signals can be received up to about 16 meters away from the telemeter with a high signal-to-noise ratio. The neural activity can be detected without attenuation by using an instrumentation amplifier with its input impedance set to 2 Mohms at 1 kHz. The telemeter was loaded on a cockroach and the neural activity during a free-walk was successfully measured through this telemetry system.
设计并制造了一种带有形状记忆合金微电极的射频(RF)遥测系统。其总体尺寸和重量分别为15毫米×8毫米和0.1克。由于该遥测器体积小、重量轻,足以加载到昆虫等小动物身上,因此该系统可用于自由活动昆虫的神经记录。该射频遥测器可通过80 - 90 MHz的调频传输来发送信号。在距离遥测器约16米远的地方能够以高信噪比接收传输的信号。通过使用输入阻抗在1 kHz时设置为2兆欧的仪表放大器,可以无衰减地检测神经活动。将遥测器加载到一只蟑螂身上,并通过该遥测系统成功测量了其自由行走过程中的神经活动。