Integrative design and hybrid assembly of a flexible retina implant system

Author

Stieglitz, Thomas ; Beutel, Hansjoerg ; Keller, Ralf ; Meyer, J. -Uwe

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer Inst. for Biomed. Eng., St. Ingbert, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Abstract

Different research groups are focusing their work on the development of a neural prostheses to aid patients suffering from blindness. A German consortium of 14 partners works on the development of a retina implant system for ganglion cell stimulation. This paper outlines the concept of the authors´ system and focuses on the flexible substrate and the assembly of the first implantable retina stimulation systems

Keywords

biomedical electronics; eye; neurophysiology; prosthetics; German consortium; flexible retina implant system; flexible substrate; ganglion cell stimulation; hybrid assembly; integrative design; neural prostheses development; patients suffering from blindness; Assembly systems; Electrodes; Implants; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit technology; Micromachining; Polyimides; Prosthetics; Rabbits; Retina;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802552

Filename

802552