Title :
Modelling of implantable sensor packaging based on biocompatible polymers
Author :
Cacciola, M. ; Lay-Ekuakille, A. ; Massaro, A. ; Spano, F. ; Caratelli, D. ; Morabito, F.C. ; Cingolani, R. ; Athanassiou, A. ; Trotta, A.
Author_Institution :
DIMET, Univ. Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Abstract :
Implantable devices are being used for long term healthcare and human body physiological monitoring of specific parameters. PDMS (poly-dimethyl-siloxane) can be used either for sensor or for packaging of the same sensor in many applications, notably in laparoscopy and laparotomy as feeler pin in order to help surgeons to touch specific tissues and to get a response based on the nature of the touched tissue (softness). The need of calibrated pressure on a tissue arises when we are in presence particular pathologies or impairments as: cancer issues, high risk of aneurism for aorta and brain, probable haemorrhage in touching capillaries, and so forth. This paper presents a packaging modelling of a build nanosensor to be used in a human body for surgery exploration as laparoscopy and laparotomy. A nanosensor is first build for common application and adapted for implantable applications, and a packaging is studied. The designed sensor is implemented by considering PDMS as polymeric material.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical equipment; biomedical materials; biosensors; brain; cancer; health care; nanosensors; neurophysiology; patient monitoring; physiological models; polymers; surgery; PDMS; aneurism; aorta; biocompatible polymers; biological tissue; brain; calibrated pressure; feeler pin; haemorrhage; healthcare monitoring; human body physiological monitoring; implantable sensor packaging; laparoscopy; laparotomy; nanosensor; packaging modelling; surgeons; surgery exploration; touching capillaries; Capacitance; Electric potential; Equations; Mathematical model; Packaging; Strain; Stress; Biomedical device; Implantable nanodevice; Laparoscopy and Laparotomy; Modelling and Reliability; nanosensor packaging; polydimethylsiloxane and chitosan;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Measurements and Applications Proceedings (MeMeA), 2011 IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Bari
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9336-4
DOI :
10.1109/MeMeA.2011.5966719