The challenges in developing implantable biosensors

Editorial: Overview and Challenges of Implantable Auditory Prostheses

Wired patients: implantable microchips and biosensors in patient care.

After decades of specialization within the sciences, the development and application of implantable microchips and biosensors are now being made possible by a growing convergence among seemingly disparate scientific disciplines including, among others, biology, informatics, chemistry, and engineering.1 This convergence of diverse scientific disciplines is the basis for the creation of new techn...

Implantable Devices: Issues and Challenges

Ageing population and a multitude of neurological and cardiovascular illnesses that cannot be mitigated by medication alone have resulted in a significant growth in the number of patients that require implantable electronic devices. These range from sensors, gastric and cardiac pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, to deep brain, nerve, and bone stimulators. Long-term implants present specif...

Advances of Implantable Electrochemical Biosensors based on Nanotechnology

An implantable biosensor consisting a sensing element an electronic circuits receiving signals from sensing elements to produce data. The innovative development process which concludes implantable biosensors for continuous analysis of metabolites is an area of sustained, quantitative and technological interest. Nanotechnology is the promising field of research because of its tendency to revolut...

Implantable Biosensors for Real-time Strain and Pressure Monitoring

Implantable biosensors were developed for real-time monitoring of pressure and strain in the human body. The sensor, which was wireless and passive, consisted of a soft magnetic material and a permanent magnet. When exposed to a low frequency AC magnetic field, the soft magnetic material generated secondary magnetic fields that also included the higher-order harmonic modes. Parameters of intere...