Microfabricated implantable parylene-based wireless passive intraocular pressure sensors

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1342-1351

  Chen, Po Jui ^a   Rodger, Damien C ^b   Saati, Saloomeh ^b,c   Humayun, Mark S ^b,c   Tai, Yu Chong ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable microdevice; Intraocular pressure (IOP); Parylene; Pressure sensor; Wireless sensing

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MICROFABRICATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PRESSURE SENSORS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; RESONANT CIRCUITS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

ANIMAL STUDIES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOSTABILITY; EX-VIVO; EXTERNAL-; FORM FACTORS; HIGH PRESSURES; IMPLANTABLE MICRODEVICE; IN-VIVO; INDUCTOR COILS; INTEGRATED CAPACITORS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE (IOP); INTRAOCULAR PRESSURES; LC TANKS; MICROMACHINED SENSORS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; PARYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE RESPONSES; PRESSURE SENSING; SENSITIVE COMPONENTS; SENSOR DESIGNS; STRUCTURAL MATERIALS; VARIABLE CAPACITORS; WIRELESS PRESSURE SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSING;

SENSORS;

EID: 57449102575     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2008.2004945     Document Type: Article

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