Title :
Microelectronic implants for human rehabilitation
Author :
Zahedi, Edmond ; Ali, Mohd Alauddin Mohd
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Electronics, 2002. Proceedings. ICSE 2002. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7578-5
DOI :
10.1109/SMELEC.2002.1217771
