Reliability considerations for the BioMEMS designer

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 174-184

  Pan, Jeffrey Y ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Biomedical equipment; Fluidics; Microelectromechanical devices; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; FLUIDICS; PRODUCT DESIGN; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY; FOREIGN BODY CAPSULE (FBC); MECHANICAL ELEMENTS; MICROFABRICATED CAPSULES;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 10444263313     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2003.820532     Document Type: Conference Paper

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