Disposable CMOS catheter-tip pressure sensor for intracranial pressure measurement

1st Annual International IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 130-135

  Liew, Li Anne ^a   Bright, Victor M ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; FABRICATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; PRESSURE SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS;

COST-EFFECTIVE SENSORS; FABRICATION COST; INTERMITTENT MEASUREMENTS; INTRA-CRANIAL PRESSURE; LOW COST APPROACH; MANUFACTURING COST; PACKAGE DESIGNS; PROCESS STEPS;

CATHETER TIP SENSORS;

EID: 84952645823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MMB.2000.893756     Document Type: Conference Paper

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