Stroke is the leading cause of disability in the United states, costing nearly $34 billion in care, annually. Rehabilitation helps patients relearn skills that may have been lost due to stroke, however, many patients do not receive the proper physical therapy required for mobility improvement and independence. Further, the efficacy of rehabilitation...

Neural prostheses require special electrical interfaces for interacting with neural tissue to substitute for motor, sensory, visceral or cognitive functions. One target for such interfaces is peripheral nerves which connect the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body. Current peripheral nerve interfaces all suffer from at least one of two design...