Fabrication of platinum spherical electrodes in an intra-ocular prosthesis using high-energy electrical discharge

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 155-161

  Suaning, G J ^a,b   Lovell, N H ^b   Kwok, C Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrodes; Fabrication; Neurostimulation; Retina; Vision prosthesis

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATINUM; SILICONES; VISION;

VISION PROSTHESIS;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 0344945451     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2003.07.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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