implantable microsystems for high-resolution interfacing to the brain

Implantable Microsystems for High-Resolution Interfacing to the Brain

Implantable Microsystems for High-Resolution Interfacing to the Brain

lmost a decade after the invention of the first semiconductor transistor in 1948, it took the revolutionary technology almost a decade to evolve from producing single devices to integrating only a few transistors as the first integrated circuit (IC) in 1958. Since then, integrated circuits have been in continuous progress for more than half a century as predicted by the well-known Moore's law. ...

Wireless Telemetry for Implantable Biomedical Microsystems

Rapid development of microelectronics during the past years allowed the emergence of high-performance implantable biomedical microsystems (IBMs). Nowadays, these systems share many features and basic components, and are being used in different applications such as neural signal recording, functional muscular stimulation, and neural prostheses. Due to implant size limitations in a wide range of ...

Implantable microsystems for monitoring and neural rehabilitation, part I.

Miniaturised implantable biomedical microsystems are offering completely new product possibilities for diagnosis and therapy. Some of the latest developments are discussed here. Part I of this two-part article describes microdevices for diagnosing and monitoring blood, brain and intraocular pressure inside the body, and a retina implant system.

Characterization of a planar microcoil for implantable microsystems

This paper discusses the modelling, design and characterization of planar microcoils to be used in telemetry systems that supply energy to miniaturized implants. Parasitic electrical effects that may become important at a.c. frequencies of several megahertz are evaluated. The fabrication process and electrical characterization of planar receiver microcoils will be described, and it will be show...

Interfacing FM Systems with Implantable Hearing Devices

Cochlear implant recipients can reduce the challenges they encounter in noisy environments through the use of a remote microphone. Although there are numerous options for delivering the signal from the frequency modulated (FM) transmitter worn by the speaker to the FM receiver coupled to the implant, several have now been verified through research as viable, beneficial arrangements. Recommendat...