The Limits of Hermeticity Test Methods for Micropackages

Artificial Organs

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 242-244

  Vanhoestenberghe, Anne ^a   Donaldson, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active electrode; Functional electrical stimulation; Hermeticity; Long term implantation; Micropackaging

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; TESTING;

'CURRENT; ACTIVE ELECTRODES; DETECTION METHODS; ELECTRONIC PACKAGE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; HERMETICITY; LEAKS DETECTIONS; LONG-TERM IMPLANTATION; MICROPACKAGING; TEST METHOD;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

HELIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; ELECTRONICS; HERMETICITY TEST; IMPLANT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79952641527     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2011.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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