Microelectronic implants for human rehabilitation

Author

Zahedi, Edmond ; Ali, Mohd Alauddin Mohd

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

fYear

2002

fDate

19-21 Dec. 2002

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

42

Abstract

In this paper, the applicability and impact of the semiconductor technology to the field of medical engineering will be reviewed. As there are numerous applications for semiconductors, the scope of this review has been deliberately limited to human rehabilitation using microelectronic implants. Devices such as muscle stimulators, hearing and vision aids will highlight the challenges in this domain among which are biocompatibility, power supply and reliability.

Keywords

biomedical engineering; biomedical materials; biophysics; hearing aids; integrated circuits; prosthetics; semiconductor device reliability; semiconductor devices; semiconductor materials; biocompatibility; hearing aids; human rehabilitation; medical engineering; microelectronic implants; muscle stimulators; power supply; reliability; semiconductor applications; semiconductor technology; vision aids; Batteries; Biomedical engineering; Heart; Humans; Microelectronic implants; Motor drives; Muscles; Pacemakers; Power engineering and energy; Reliability engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Electronics, 2002. Proceedings. ICSE 2002. IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7578-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMELEC.2002.1217771

Filename

1217771