Manufacturing, assembling and packaging of miniaturized neural implants

Microsystem Technologies

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 723-734

  Stieglitz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLIND PERSON; CLINICAL PRACTICES; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; CUTTING EDGES; HIGHER-DEGREE; HUMAN BRAIN; IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; MEDICAL DEVICES; MICROSYSTEMS ENGINEERING; MOTOR CONTROL; NEURAL IMPLANTS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PRECISION MECHANICS; RESEARCH APPROACH; TECHNICAL AIDS; THERAPY AND REHABILITATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 77952430394     PISSN: 09467076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00542-009-0988-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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