A 232-channel retinal vision prosthesis with a miniaturized hermetic package

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2796-2799

  Ordonez, Juan S ^a   Schuettler, Martin ^a   Ortmanns, Maurits ^b   Stieglitz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA CERAMIC; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; HELIUM LEAK TESTING; HERMETIC PACKAGES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMPLANTABLE DEVICES; INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGY; INDUCTIVE COUPLINGS; INTERLAYER ADHESION; LIFETIME ESTIMATION; LIMITED SPACE; METAL LAYER; POLYMER CARRIER; RADIO FREQUENCY COILS; SIC COATINGS; SOLDER GLASS; VISION PROSTHESIS;

ALUMINA; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; HELIUM; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); OPHTHALMOLOGY; POLYIMIDES; SILICON CARBIDE;

PROSTHETICS;

HERMETIC; ZINC OXIDE EUGENOL;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; ZINC OXIDE-EUGENOL CEMENT;

EID: 84882973579     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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