DocumentCode
1869531
Title
Fully implantable and resorbable wireless medical devices for postsurgical infection abatement
Author
Tao, H. ; Hwang, S.W. ; Marelli, B. ; An, B. ; Moreau, J.E. ; Yang, M. ; Brenckle, M.A. ; Kim, S. ; Kaplan, D.L. ; Rogers, J.A. ; Omenetto, F.G.
Author_Institution
State Key Lab. of Transducer Technol., Shanghai Inst. of Microsyst. & Inf. Technol., Shanghai, China
fYear
2015
fDate
18-22 Jan. 2015
Firstpage
168
Lastpage
171
Abstract
We present a therapeutic application of a microfabricated implantable and resorbable medical device made out of fully degradable materials by demonstrating in vivo elimination of bacterial infection by wireless activation of the device after implantation. The device disappears upon its completion, requiring no retrieval.
Keywords
biodegradable materials; biomedical electronics; diseases; microorganisms; prosthetics; surgery; degradable materials; device wireless activation; fully implantable wireless medical device; in vivo bacterial infection elimination; microfabricated implantable medical device; postsurgical infection abatement; resorbable wireless medical device; Coils; Heat treatment; Heating; In vivo; Materials; Medical treatment; Microorganisms;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Estoril
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7050913
Filename
7050913
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