Implantable devices: Issues and challenges

Electronics (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bazaka, Kateryna ^a   Jacob, Mohan V ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioresorbable electronics; Encapsulation; Implantable electronic device; Radio frequency (RF) wireless powering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958155009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/electronics2010001     Document Type: Review

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