A multi-test platform to evaluate the barrier properties of electronic encapsulants for advanced medical implants

Author

Tathireddy, P. ; Jung, E. ; Bauer, J. ; Schneider, A. ; Khan-Malek, C. ; Marquardt, K. ; Solzbacher, F.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

fYear

2009

fDate

26-29 May 2009

Firstpage

1856

Lastpage

1858

Abstract

In this paper we present a multi-test platform to evaluate the barrier properties of encapsulation materials to be used to encapsulate electronic and implantable medical devices. This test platform leverages multiple material and process evaluation on one single substrate. Both cytotoxicity and cytoproliferation tests are possible, in combination with evaluation of barrier properties and aging monitoring structures. Process evaluation structures on conformality and maximum aspect ratios are included. The realization of the platform from concept to the fabrication process are given and the experimental details in accordance to ISO 10993 are described.

Keywords

biomedical electronics; cellular biophysics; prosthetics; ISO 10993; aging monitoring structure; cytoproliferation test; cytotoxicity test; electronic encapsulant barrier property evaluation; medical implant; Aging; Biological materials; Biomedical monitoring; Conducting materials; Dielectric materials; Encapsulation; Implants; Materials testing; Medical diagnostic imaging; Protection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 2009. ECTC 2009. 59th

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

0569-5503

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4475-5

Electronic_ISBN

0569-5503

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTC.2009.5074272

Filename

5074272