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SUMMARY:Biomedical MEMS Implants: Inorganic-Based\, Polymer-Based\, and Pr
 otein-Based Transducers
DTSTART:20161206T110000
DTEND:20161206T120000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dr. Mark G. Allen \nEPFL IMT Distinguished Lecture Serie
 s\n\nAbstract: Bioiplantable sensors based on microelectromechanical syste
 ms (MEMS) technology\, that can communicate information from within the bo
 dy to guide medical treatment of disease\, will be presented. First\, a pe
 rmanently-implantable sensor for measurement of endovascular blood pressur
 e will be discussed. These sensors\, designed for chronic monitoring over 
 the lifetime of the patient\, detect the pressure within the pulmonary art
 ery to allow titration of medication for patients with congestive heart fa
 ilure. The second type of sensor is fabricated entirely of biodegradable m
 aterials. Such biodegradable implants may be appropriate for acute medical
  applications such as bone or wound healing as they potentially eliminate 
 the need for implant extraction when sensing is no longer required. Biodeg
 radable materials are particularly challenging to process using convention
 al MEMS fabrication techniques because they are water-sensitive. Alternati
 ve MEMS fabrication approaches were combined with traditional techniques t
 o fabricate biodegradable sensors\, interconnects\, and power supplies. Fi
 nally\, the use of protein materials as substrates for implantable MEMS wi
 ll be discussed. Device experimental results\, including clinical implemen
 tation of the permanent sensors (which are now commercially available) and
  bench results from the newer biodegradable and protein-based devices will
  be presented.\n\nBio: Mark Allen received degrees in chemistry\, chemical
  engineering\, and electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylva
 nia (Penn) and MIT. In 1989 he joined Georgia Tech\, ultimately becoming R
 egents’ Professor and the J.M. Pettit Professor in Microelectronics. In 
 2013 he returned to Penn to become Scientific Director of the Singh Center
  for Nanotechnology. He and his group have authored approximately 400 publ
 ications in various areas of MEMS\, and he is co-founder of multiple MEMS 
 companies\, including CardioMEMS (which commercialized the first FDA-appro
 ved\, wireless MEMS sensor for permanent endovascular implantation) and Ax
 ion Biosystems. He is a Fellow of the IEEE\, and received the IEEE 2016 Da
 niel P. Noble Award for contributions to research and development\, clinic
 al translation\, and commercialization of biomedical microsystems. More in
 formation can be found at: http://mems.seas.upenn.edu
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