Ultra-compliant neural probes are subject to fluid forces during dissolution of polymer delivery vehicles

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1550-1553

  Habeeb Rakuman, Wassim Ferose ^a   Ong, Xiao Chuan ^a   Tetikol, H Serhat ^a   Khilwani, R ^a   Cui, X Tracy ^b   Ozdoganlar, O Burak ^a   Fedder, Gary K ^a   Gilgunn, Peter J ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELIVERY VEHICLE; FLUID FORCES; FLUID MANAGEMENT; IMPLANT LOCATION; IMPLANTATION CONDITIONS; NEURAL PROBES; PARTICLE VELOCIMETRY; SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE;

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

PROBES;

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; GLUCOSE; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; FLOW KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MECHANICS; NEEDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SODIUM; CATTLE; GLUCOSE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEEDLES; OPTICAL IMAGING; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84886455224     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609809     Document Type: Conference Paper

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