ASIC Design for Wireless Surgical MEMS Device and Instrumentation

There is an increasing demand on computerized surgical instrumentation and implants that can acquire intra-operative or in-vivo data for surgeons and engineers. The sensory system is gaining complexity in order to obtain more accurate measurements. Although many off-the-shelf components and chips exist, multiple components are often required to achieve the desired function. Since space is limited in biomedical applications, application specific highly compacted integrated circuits are preferable. In this study, a chip is designed to process an array of microcantilever readout used in an intra-operative soft-tissue balancing instrument