Biomedical Devices

No Sugar Coating, But Sweet Nonetheless

April 9, 2017

No sugar coating. (Credit: Christian Böhler, Maria Asplund) Complex neurotechnological devices are required to directly select and influence brain waves inside the skull’s interior. Although it has become relatively easy to [more...]

Materials and Microfabrication Processes for Next-generation Brain-machine Devices

November 27, 2016

Implantable devices such as pacemakers, cochlear implants, and deep brain stimulation devices enhance the quality of life for many people. Improving the integration of such devices with the body could enable the next generation of [more...]

MEMS Sensors for Biomedical Device Applications

October 22, 2015

Shown are different pressure sensor designs—each tailored to customers’ neeeds—on a single RocketMEMS semicustom wafer. The smallest pressure sensors in the lower left corner are approximately 300 µm wide (Image credit: [more...]