Redundant safety features in a high-channel-count retinal neurostimulator

IEEE 2014 Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2014 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 216-219

  Kelly, Shawn K ^a   Ellersick, William F ^b   Krishnan, Ashwati ^a   Doyle, Patrick ^c   Shire, Douglas B ^d   Wyatt, John L ^e   Rizzo, Joseph F ^f  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Analog Circuit Works   (United States)

^c Harvest Automation   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomedical electrodes; Biomedical engineering; integrated circuit design; retinal implant; retinal prosthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROSTHETICS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TISSUE;

ACTIVE FEEDBACK SYSTEM; BIOMEDICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODE POLARIZATIONS; ELECTRODE-TISSUE INTERFACE; MONITORING AND PROTECTIONS; RETINAL IMPLANTS; RETINAL PROSTHESIS; RETINAL STIMULATION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84920512165     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BioCAS.2014.6981701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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