In vitro testing of floating light activated micro-electrical stimulators

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 626-629

  Abdo, Ammar ^a   Jayasinha, Vianney ^b   Spuhler, Philipp S ^b   Unlu, M Selim ^b   Sahin, Mesut ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural microstimulation; Wireless microstimulators

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER BEAMS; LASER EXCITATION; MICROELECTRODES; SAPPHIRE; TISSUE;

CATHODIC CONTACTS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATORS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROSTIMULATION; MICROSTIMULATORS; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; PULSE FREQUENCIES; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 77950997666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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