Compliant intracortical implants reduce strains and strain rates in brain tissue in vivo

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Sridharan, Arati ^a   Nguyen, Jessica K ^b,c   Capadona, Jeffrey R ^b,c   Muthuswamy, Jit ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

brain machine interface; microelectrodes; nanocomposites; neural interfaces; prostheses

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COATED MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROELECTRODES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NEURAL PROSTHESES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; PROSTHETICS; SILICON; STRAIN; STRESS RELAXATION; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

BRAIN MACHINE INTERFACE; LINEAR STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; NEURAL INTERFACES; POLYVINYL ACETATES (PVAC); STABILITY AND RELIABILITIES; STEADY-STATE MEASUREMENTS; STRESS DISPLACEMENT CURVES;

STRAIN RATE;

NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYVINYL ACETATE; SILICON;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FORCE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACORTICAL IMPLANT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROELECTRODE; NEUROLOGICAL IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY STATE; SURFACE AREA; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; FRICTION; HARDNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURGERY; VISCOSITY;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HARDNESS; MICROELECTRODES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84930204986     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/12/3/036002     Document Type: Article

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