Evaluation of MEMS materials of construction for implantable medical devices

Biomaterials

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 2737-2750

  Kotzar, Geoffrey ^a   Freas, Mark ^a   Abel, Phillip ^b   Fleischman, Aaron ^c   Roy, Shuvo ^c   Zorman, Christian ^d   Moran, James M ^e   Melzak, Jeff ^d  

^a Greatbatch Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; BioMEMS; Implant; ISO 10993; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ENCAPSULATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

MEDICAL DEVICES;

BIOMATERIALS;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DEVICE; EVALUATION; IMPLANT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; WATER;

EID: 0036240178     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(02)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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