Implantable Neural Prostheses 2 Techniques and Engineering Approaches /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zhou, David (Editor), Greenbaum, Elias (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Neurosciences.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomaterials.; Biomedical Engineering.; Medical and Radiation Physics.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

This book and its companion volume describe state-of-the-art advances in techniques associated with implantable neural prosthetic devices and their applications. They offer researchers, engineers, clinicians, students and any specialists in this field a deeper understanding of the neural prosthetic...

Table of Contents:

• The Biocompatibility and Biostability of New Cardiovascular Materials and Devices
• Technology Advances and Challenges in Hermetic Packaging for Implantable Medical Devices
• Science and Technology of Bio-Inert Thin Films as Hermetic-Encapsulating Coatings for Implantable Biomedical Devices: Application to Implantable Microchip in the Eye for the Artificial Retina
• The Electrochemistry of Charge Injection at the Electrode/Tissue Interface
• In Situ Characterization of Stimulating Microelectrode Arrays: Study of an Idealized Structure Based on Argus II Retinal implants
• Thin-Film Microelectrode Arrays for Biomedical Applications
• Stimulation Electrode Materials and Electrochemical Testing Methods
• Conducting Polymers in Neural Stimulation Applications
• Microelectronics of Recording, Stimulation, and Wireless Telemetry for Neuroprosthetics: Design and Optimization
• Microchip-Embedded Capacitors for Implantable Neural Stimulators
• An Effective Design Process for the Successful Development of Medical Devices.