Magnetic microactuators for MEMS-enabled ventricular catheters for hydrocephalus

Proceedings of the 3rd International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 65-68

  Lee, Selene A ^a   Pinney, James R ^a   Bergsneider, Marvin ^a,b   Judy, Jack W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Magnetic microactuator; MEMS; Ventricular catheter

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MAGNETIC DEVICES; MEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDS (CSF); HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC MICROACTUATORS; VENTRICULAR CATHETERS;

MICROACTUATORS;

EID: 34548718741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CNE.2007.369613     Document Type: Conference Paper

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