Title :
Optoelectronics on flexible substrates for biomedical applications
Author :
Ruh, Dominic ; Sherman, Stanislav ; Zappe, Hans ; Seifert, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microsyst. Eng. - IMTEK, Univ. of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Abstract :
This paper reports on chip-level optoelectronics embedded into a flexible foil. Furthermore, we present a biomedical application capable of measuring the expansion of a blood vessel and prove its functionality in an artificial circulatory system.
Keywords :
biomedical electronics; biosensors; blood vessels; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optomechanical devices; microsensors; artificial circulatory system; biomedical applications; blood vessel expansion; chip-level optoelectronics; flexible foil; flexible substrates; Biomedical measurements; Blood vessels; Photodiodes; Polyimides; Semiconductor device measurement; Substrates; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Flexible substrate; arterial expansion; biomedical application; optoelectronics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Banff, AB
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1511-2
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2012.6318865