Flexible tactile sensors with biomimetic microstructures: Mechanisms, fabrication, and applications

Z Zhang, G Liu, Z Li, W Zhang, Q Meng - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, flexible devices have gained rapid development with great potential in daily
life. As the core component of wearable devices, flexible tactile sensors are prized for their …

Implantable flexible sensors for health monitoring

A Yu, M Zhu, C Chen, Y Li, H Cui… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible sensors, as a significant component of flexible electronics, have attracted great
interest the realms of human–computer interaction and health monitoring due to their high …

[HTML][HTML] Current state of the art and future directions for implantable sensors in medical technology: Clinical needs and engineering challenges

D Yogev, T Goldberg, A Arami, S Tejman-Yarden… - APL …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Implantable sensors have revolutionized the way we monitor biophysical and biochemical
parameters by enabling real-time closed-loop intervention or therapy. These technologies …

Recent advances in cochlear implant electrode array design parameters

YN Ertas, D Ozpolat, SN Karasu, N Ashammakhi - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cochlear implants are neural implant devices that aim to restore hearing in patients with
severe sensorineural hearing impairment. Here, the main goal is to successfully place the …

PVDF-based piezoelectric microphone for sound detection inside the cochlea: toward totally implantable cochlear implants

S Park, X Guan, Y Kim, FPX Creighton… - Trends in …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
We report the fabrication and characterization of a prototype polyvinylidene fluoride polymer-
based implantable microphone for detecting sound inside gerbil and human cochleae. With …

Piezoelectric materials for medical applications

M Chen-Glasser, P Li, J Ryu… - … -Organic and Inorganic …, 2018 - books.google.com
This chapter describes the history and development strategy of piezoelectric materials for
medical applications. It covers the piezoelectric properties of materials found inside the …

Voltage readout from a piezoelectric intracochlear acoustic transducer implanted in a living guinea pig

C Zhao, KE Knisely, DJ Colesa, BE Pfingst… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The ability to measure the voltage readout from a sensor implanted inside the living cochlea
enables continuous monitoring of intracochlear acoustic pressure locally, which could …

Objective preclinical measures for bone conduction implants

I Wils, A Geerardyn, T Putzeys, G Fierens… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The study evaluates the accuracy of predicting intracochlear pressure during bone
conduction stimulation using promontory velocity and ear canal pressure, as less invasive …

Biomimetic artificial basilar membranes for next‐generation cochlear implants

J Jang, JH Jang, H Choi - Advanced healthcare materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with sensorineural hearing loss can recover their hearing using a cochlear implant
(CI). However, there is a need to develop next‐generation CIs to overcome the limitations of …

Flow phenomena in the inner ear

D Obrist - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
A remarkable number of different flow phenomena contribute critically to the proper
functioning of the hearing and balance senses, both of which are hosted by the inner ear …