Biocompatibility and durability of Teflon-coated platinum-iridium wires implanted in the vitreous cavity

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-363

  Nishida, Kentaro ^a   Sakaguchi, Hirokazu ^a   Xie, Ping ^a   Terasawa, Yasuo ^b   Ozawa, Motoki ^b   Kamei, Motohiro ^a   Nishida, Kohji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIDEK CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Retina; Teflon coated platinum iridium wires; Toxicity; Visual prosthesis

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM; PLATINUM; POLITEF;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; DURABILITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE TOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MATERIAL COATING; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXICITY TESTING; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VITREOUS BODY; WIRE IMPLANT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FLUORESCEIN; IRIDIUM; MATERIALS TESTING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PLATINUM; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RABBITS; RETINA; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84855287650     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: 16190904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-011-0591-7     Document Type: Article

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