Chip-scale hermetic feedthroughs for implantable bionics

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 6717-6720

  Guenther, Thomas ^a   Dodds, Christopher W D ^a   Lovell, Nigel H ^a   Suaning, Gregg J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIP-SCALE; FABRICATION PROCESS; FEED THROUGH; HERMETICITY; HERMETICITY TESTING; HIGH DENSITY; HUMAN BODIES; IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES; LEAK RATE; NEURO-PROSTHESIS; PRODUCTION YIELD; RESOLUTION LIMITS; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; NEUROSURGERY; PLATINUM;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOMATERIAL; PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIONICS; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELEMETRY; ELECTRODE; INSTRUMENTATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIONICS; CERAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; PLATINUM; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84865307628     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091656     Document Type: Conference Paper

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