The use of ALGEL® as an artificial dura for chronic cortical implant neuroprosthetics

International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 633-636

  Vetter, R J ^a   Becker, T A ^a,c   Williams, J C ^a,b   Kipke, D R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^c Neural Intervention Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Electrodes; Implants; Mechanical factors; Microelectrodes; Neural prosthesis; Pathogens; Polymers; Sealing materials; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CALCIUM; DENTAL PROSTHESES; ELECTRODES; MICROELECTRODES; PATHOGENS; POLYMERS; SEALANTS; SURGERY;

CHRONIC ELECTRODES; HYDROGEL POLYMERS; IMPLANTED DEVICE; INFECTIOUS PATHOGENS; MECHANICAL FACTORS; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUES; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;

NEURAL PROSTHESES;

EID: 84942604301     PISSN: 19483546     EISSN: 19483554     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CNE.2003.1196908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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