1. Title : Biodegradable Electronics for Biomedical Sensing and Treatment​

2. Speaker : Seung-Kyun Kang (Associate Professor, Dept. of Bio & Brain Eng., KAIST)

3. Date & Time : 16:30~17:45, August 30th (Wed)

4. Venue : #207, YBS BID(E16-1),KAIST

5. Abstract

    Implantable devices offer diverse and essential functions for biomedical sensing and treatment. Standard permanent implanted electronic hardware often acts as a nidus for infection, with the potential to migrate within the body, erode through the skin and vessels and provoke pathological tissue reactions. Removal of the devices at the end of their functional lifetime is therefore vitally important. The required surgical retrieval procedures, however, often occur adjacent to critical structures and involve inherent risks of complications.
Here we reports emerging concepts in bioresorbable electronics, in which the constituent materials disappear automatically and completely in a controlled fashion within the body. Representative examples will be introduced including intracranial pressure monitors for traumatic brain injury, electrical stimulators for nerve regeneration and pacemaker.