A neural implant ASIC for the restoration of balance in individuals with vestibular dysfunction

Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 641-644

  Constandinou, Timothy G ^a,b   Georgiou, Julius ^a   Toumazou, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial stimulation; Balance prosthesis; Neural prosthesis; Vestibular implant

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL STIMULATION; ARTIFICIAL STIMULI; BALANCE PROSTHESIS; BLOCKING CAPACITOR; BOARD-LEVEL; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DEVICE INTERFACES; INERTIA SENSOR; NEURAL IMPLANTS; NEURAL PROSTHESIS; POWER SOURCES; SYSTEM-IN-PACKAGE; VESTIBULAR IMPLANT;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RESTORATION; SENSORS;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 70350169804     PISSN: 02714310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2009.5117830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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