• DocumentCode
    544969
  • Title

    Electrical impedance of electrode encapsulation tissue

  • Author

    Grill, Warren M. ; Mortimer, J. Thomas

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
  • Firstpage
    1376
  • Lastpage
    1377
  • Abstract
    The complex resistivity of the encapsulation tissue that surrounds chronically implanted electrodes was measured in vitro as a function of frequency. The value of resistivity and its frequency dependence were functions of the morphology of the tissue. The results indicate that the encapsulation tissue will offer a significant barrier to current flow, and suggest that the encapsulation should be included when calculating the electric field induced by chronically implanted neural prosthesis electrodes.
  • Keywords
    bioelectric phenomena; biological tissues; biomedical electrodes; neurophysiology; prosthetics; chronically implanted electrodes; complex resistivity; electrical impedance; encapsulation tissue; frequency dependence; neural prosthesis electrodes; Instruments; Neurosurgery; Training;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Paris
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0785-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761837
  • Filename
    5761837