Implantable flexible electrodes for functional electrical stimulation.
A manufacturing technology has been developed to fabricate microelectrode systems with reportedly high numbers of electrodes and high reproducibility. The approach leads to flexible microimplants without the need for heavy and large titanium or ceramic housings.
Schneider
Andreas
A
Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Sulzbach, Germany. andreas.schneider@medics-network.com
Stieglitz
Thomas
T
D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D004548:Elasticity; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008839:Microelectrodes; D012117:Resins, Synthetic / Q000737:chemistry*
D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; C029945:polyimide resin