TY - GEN
T1 - Diamond penetrating electrode array for Epi-Retinal prosthesis
AU - Ganesan, K.
AU - Stacey, A.
AU - Meffin, H.
AU - Lichter, S.
AU - Greferath, U.
AU - Fletcher, E. L.
AU - Prawer, S.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper presents progress in the characterization and application of diamond penetrating electrode arrays for Epi-Retinal Prostheses. Electrical stimulation of degenerate retina has already been shown to restore partial vision for some blind patients, albeit at low spatial resolution. Higher resolution may be achievable by building arrays with electrodes that have greater areal density and closer proximity to target neurons. However, high standards of biocompatibility and hermeticity must be maintained, limiting the range of available materials of manufacture. Here, the designand histology of high density electrode arrays (∼100 electrodes/mm2) made from polycrystalline diamond and implanted into rat retinae are discussed. Results from initial steps in this process are reported.
AB - This paper presents progress in the characterization and application of diamond penetrating electrode arrays for Epi-Retinal Prostheses. Electrical stimulation of degenerate retina has already been shown to restore partial vision for some blind patients, albeit at low spatial resolution. Higher resolution may be achievable by building arrays with electrodes that have greater areal density and closer proximity to target neurons. However, high standards of biocompatibility and hermeticity must be maintained, limiting the range of available materials of manufacture. Here, the designand histology of high density electrode arrays (∼100 electrodes/mm2) made from polycrystalline diamond and implanted into rat retinae are discussed. Results from initial steps in this process are reported.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/78650831647
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U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626003
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626003
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 21095833
AN - SCOPUS:78650831647
SN - 9781424441235
T3 - 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
SP - 6757
EP - 6760
BT - 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
T2 - 2010 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
Y2 - 31 August 2010 through 4 September 2010
ER -