An implantable capacitive pressure sensor for biomedical applications

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 382-388

  Chiang, Chia Chu ^a   K Lin, Chou Ching ^b   Ju, Ming Shuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Cuff electrode; Neural prosthesis; Pressure sensor

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CAPACITANCE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRODES; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; NEUROLOGY; PROSTHETICS;

CUFF ELECTRODES; MICRO CAPACITIVE PRESSURE SENSORS; NEURAL PROSTHESIS; NEURAL PROSTHESIS SYSTEMS;

PRESSURE SENSORS;

EID: 33847350159     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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