Two-way communication for programming and measurement in a miniature implantable stimulator

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 528-534

  Thil, M A ^a   Gerard B ^a   Jarvis, J C ^b   Delbeke, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocompatible encapsulation; Current sources; Functional electrical stimulation; Impedance; Implantable neurostimulator

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ENCAPSULATION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROCONTROLLERS; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SILICONES;

BIOCOMPATIBLE ENCAPSULATION; CURRENT SOURCES; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

POLITEF; SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENCAPSULATION; EQUIPMENT; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; MONITORING; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; MINIATURIZATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 27744569598     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344736     Document Type: Article

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