Biocompatible SU-8-based microprobes for recording neural spike signals from regenerated peripheral nerve fibers

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1830-1836

  Cho, Sung Hoon ^a   Lu, Hong Meng ^a,b   Cauller, Lawrence ^c   Romero Ortega, Mario I ^d   Lee, Jeong Bong ^a   Hughes, Gareth A ^e  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b Luminus Devices Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LYNNTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatible; Microelectrode; Neural probe; Peripheral nerve; SU 8

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBLE; CELL TYPES; DORSAL ROOT GANGLION NEURONS; GOLD ELECTRODES; HUMAN SKIN FIBROBLAST; INFLAMMATORY REACTION; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; MICRO-PROBE; MICRO-PROBES; NEURAL INTERFACES; NEURAL PROBE; NEURAL SPIKE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PRIMARY CULTURE; RAT SCIATIC NERVE; SCHWANN CELLS; SU-8; TISSUE DAMAGE;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; FIBERS; METAL REFINING; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS; PROBES; SURFACE DEFECTS;

ABERRATIONS;

EID: 67650330574     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.2006261     Document Type: Article

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