A novel technique for increasing charge injection capacity of neural electrodes for efficacious and safe neural stimulation

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 5142-5145

  Negi, Sandeep ^a   Bhandari, Rajmohan ^a   Solzbacher, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SAMPLES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; GEOMETRICAL SURFACES; NEURAL ACTIVITY; NEURAL STIMULATIONS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; SMALL AREA; SPUTTERED IRIDIUM OXIDE; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE AREA OF ELECTRODE; SURFACE MODIFIED ELECTRODES;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; NEURONS; PLATINUM;

SURFACES;

BIOMATERIAL; PARYLENE; POLYMER; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROELECTRODES; POLYMERS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; XYLENES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880957230     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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