DocumentCode
1642075
Title
Thin-film flexible multielectrode arrays for voltage measurements in the heart
Author
Mastrototaro, John J. ; Pilkington, T.C. ; Ideker, Raymond E. ; Massoud, Hisham Z.
Author_Institution
Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
fYear
1989
Abstract
Flexible cardiac electrode arrays are constructed utilizing integrated-circuit fabrication techniques. The use of a flexible polyimide substrate, Kapton (DuPont), offers two distinct advantages over conventional depth electrode arrays. Once the flexible arrays are implanted, they will not impede the normal contraction of the heart. Since the Kapton is an insulator, it interferes less with the fields in the heart which the array is designed to measure. Each multielectrode probe consists of an array of gold or silver electrodes supported on a 125-μm-thick Kapton substrate
Keywords
biological techniques and instruments; electrocardiography; thin film devices; voltage measurement; Ag; Au; Kapton; cardiac electrode arrays; flexible polyimide substrate; integrated-circuit fabrication techniques; thin-film flexible multielectrode arrays; Electrodes; Fabrication; Heart; Impedance; Insulation; Polyimides; Probes; Substrates; Transistors; Voltage measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.95686
Filename
95686
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