Wireless microstimulators for neural prosthetics

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-77

  Sahin, Mesut ^a   Pikov, Victor ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Floating stimulator; Infrared tissue penetration; Microstimulation; Neuroprosthetics; Neurostimulation; Radiofrequency telemetry; Ultrasound power transfer

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY TRANSFER; MICROELECTRONICS; PROSTHETICS; TISSUE;

FLOATING STIMULATOR; MICROSTIMULATION; NEUROPROSTHETICS; NEUROSTIMULATION; RADIO FREQUENCIES; TISSUE PENETRATIONS; ULTRASOUND POWER;

NEURAL PROSTHESES;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; HUMAN; NEAR INFRARED POWER TELEMETRY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ULTRASOUND POWER TELEMETRY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPINAL CORD IMPLANT; TELEMETRY;

EID: 79960040455     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v39.i1.50     Document Type: Article

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