Realization of a 15-channel, hermetically-encased wireless subretinal prosthesis for the blind

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 200-203

  Kelly, Shawn K ^a   Shire, Douglas B ^b   Chen, Jinghua ^c   Doyle, Patrick ^a   Gingerich, Marcus D ^b   Drohan, William A ^a   Theogarajan, Luke S ^d   Cogan, Stuart F ^e   Wyatt, John L ^a   Rizzo III, Joseph F ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e EIC LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRODES; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; USER INTERFACES;

POWER SUPPLY COMPONENTS; RETINAL PROSTHESIS; SPUTTERED IRIDIUM OXIDE; STIMULATING ELECTRODES; STIMULATION PULSE; SUBRETINAL PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUES; WIRELESS OPERATION;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 77951015973     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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