BION microstimulators: A case study in the engineering of an electronic implantable medical device

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-16

  Kane, Michael J ^a,b   Breen, Paul P ^a   Quondamatteo, Fabio ^a   Ólaighin, Gearóid ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Boston Scientific CRM ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Active implants; Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Implantable electronics; Medical design; Microstimulator; Neurostimulation; Packaging; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE IMPLANTS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONICS; MEDICAL DESIGN; MICROSTIMULATORS; NEUROSTIMULATION; REHABILITATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

DESIGN;

ARTICLE; BION MICROSTIMULATOR; BIONIC NEURON MICROSTIMULATOR; BLOCKING CAPACITOR; CASE STUDY; CERAMIC PACKAGE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLASS CAPSULE; HAND SPASTICITY; HEADER; HERMETIC PACKAGING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INJECTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MOISTURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PACEMAKER; PACKAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUARTZ CRYSTAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECHARGEABLE BATTERY; SHEAR STRESS; SHOULDER SUBLUXATION; SPASTICITY; SUBLUXATION; SWITCHED CAPACITOR;

ANIMALS; BIOENGINEERING; BIONICS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; NEURONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 78650935611     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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