Implantable Neural Prostheses 1 Devices and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Greenbaum, Elias. (Editor), Zhou, David. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Neurosciences.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomaterials.; Biomedical Engineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77261-5

This book and its companion volume describe state-of-the-art advances in techniques associated with implantable neural prosthetic devices and their applications. Researchers, engineers, clinicians, students, and any specialist in this field will gain a deeper understanding of the neural prosthetic t...

Table of Contents:

• Cochlear Implants: Auditory Prostheses and Electric Hearing (Von Harrison, et al)
• Development and Implementation of the Auditory Midbrain Implant (Hubert H. Lim, Minoo Lenarz and Thomas Lenarz)
• Spinal Cord Stimulation: Engineering approaches to clinical and physiological challenges (M.A. Moffitt, D.C. Lee and K. Bradley)
• Microelectrode Technologies for Deep Brain Stimulation (Martin Han and D. McCreery)
• Visual implants: An overview (Rob Greenberg, not confirmed)
• STS system, new version of its electrode, flexible electrode system or AV-DONE system (direct optic nerve electrode) (Yasuo Tano)
• Optical nerve stimulation (Qiushi Ren)
• Implantable Cardiac Electrostimulation Devices (Rick McVenes and Ken Stokes)
• Clinical Applications of the Bionʼ Microstimulator (Todd K. Whitehurst, Kristen N. Jaax, and Rafael Carbunaru)
• Regulatory Approval of medical devices in the U.S. and Europe (Mike Colvin).