Active electrode arrays by chip embedding in a flexible Silicone carrier

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2811-2815

  Vanden Bulcke, Mathieu ^a   Baert, Kris ^a   Beyne, Eric ^a   Gonzalez, Mario ^a   Winter, Christophe ^a   Webers, Tomas ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PROSTHETICS; SILICON;

IMPLANTED ELECTRODES; RETINAL IMPLANTS; SILICON CHIP EMBEDDING; SILICONE CARRIERS;

MICROELECTRODES;

BIOMATERIAL; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDY; MICROELECTRODE;

COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROELECTRODES; SILICONES;

EID: 34047179113     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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