The aim of this project is to develop the capabilities of silicon micromechanics and microelectronics technologies to make implantable devices for their use in health care monitoring, by developing a demonstrator in the field of biomedical applications. Available technologies can be used to develop sensors, circuitry and the implantable devices themselves. The technological work involved mainly consists in putting together these processes, that is, making them compatible to each other. A few critical points could however make the project non-attainable for this kind of application.
Risks mainly concern the behaviour of the silicon needle when embedded in living tissue.
This 1st phase project will check the feasibility of the above mentioned silicon needle, evaluating the risks involved in its development and testing different ways to reduce them.