Special Invited Lecture: Implant Micro/Nano Systems for Bio-Medical Applications

Abstract

The application of "Implant Micro/Nano systems" in life sciences and Medical Engineering may have diagnostic monitoring, therapeutic treatment, and two way control functions. This paper will summarize the implant system research and applications since the early period (1960-1980). Selected examples will be used to explain the implant system concepts and demonstrative results of implant telemetry systems. With the advances of Micro/Nano technologies in MEMS/NEMS, the bright outlook and direction of advances in future implant systems will be suggested. The special requirements, design considerations and the bottleneck problems of implant systems, as well as possible solutions to these problems will be discussed. Suggestions are made on research topics required in theory, technology, device design and system applications to realize the potential contributions of implant system to life sciences and medical care.