An all-diamond, hermetic electrical feedthrough array for a retinal prosthesis

Biomaterials

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 908-915

  Ganesan, Kumaravelu ^a   Garrett, David J ^a   Ahnood, Arman ^a   Shivdasani, Mohit N ^b   Tong, Wei ^a   Turnley, Ann M ^a   Fox, Kate ^a   Meffin, Hamish ^a,c   Prawer, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BIONICS INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diamond; Electrical feedthrough; Hermetic encapsulation; Medical implant; Neural stimulation; Retinal prosthesis

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NANOCRYSTALS; NITROGEN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROSTHETICS;

ELECTRICAL FEEDTHROUGH; FABRICATION STRATEGIES; INTERNAL ELECTRONICS; MEDICAL IMPLANTS; NEURAL STIMULATIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMONDS; RETINAL PROSTHESIS; STIMULATING ELECTRODES;

DIAMONDS;

DIAMOND; HELIUM; NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND; NANODIAMOND; NANOMATERIAL; NITROGEN; POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; BLINDNESS; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; HERMETIC ELECTRICAL FEEDTHROUGH; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOFABRICATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINAL IMPLANT; VISION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DIAMOND; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; NEURONS; NITROGEN; RATS; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84887619880     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.10.040     Document Type: Article

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