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.
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Biohybird Systems Department, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, St Ingbert, Germany. thomas.stieglitz@ibmt.fhg.de
D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004576:Electromyography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006801:Humans; D008904:Miniaturization / Q000379:methods; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014159:Transducers