Tissue engineering applied to the retinal prosthesis: Neurotrophin-eluting polymeric hydrogel coatings
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Tissue Engineering Applied to the Retinal Prosthesis: Neurotrophin-Eluting Polymeric Hydrogel Coatings.
Several groups are developing visual prostheses to aid patients with vision loss. While these devices have shown some success in the clinic, they are severely limited by poor resolution, and in many cases have as few as 15 electrodes. Pixel density is poor because high stimulation thresholds require large electrodes to minimize charge density that would otherwise damage the electrode and tissue...
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عنوان ژورنال: Materials Science and Engineering: C
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0928-4931
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2007.04.011