Designing tyrosine-derived polycarbonate polymers for biodegradable regenerative type neural interface capable of neural recording

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-212

  Lewitus, Dan ^a   Vogelstein, R Jacob ^b   Zhen, Gehua ^c   Choi, Young Seok ^c,d   Kohn, Joachim ^a   Harshbarger, Stuart ^b   Jia, Xiaofeng ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; electrode; interface; neuroprosthetics; peripheral nerve; regenerative

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE; INTERFACE; NEUROPROSTHETICS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; REGENERATIVE;

AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; FABRICATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROELECTRODES; POLYMERS;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

BIOMATERIAL; POLYCARBONATE; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; POLYMER; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS; RABBIT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROELECTRODES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; POLYMERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RABBITS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TYROSINE;

EID: 79954470216     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2010.2098047     Document Type: Article

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