Avtor/Urednik     Rozman, J; Pihlar, B; Strojnik, P
Naslov     Surface examination of electrodes of removed implants
Tip     članek
Vir     Scand J Rehabil Med Suppl
Vol. in št.     Letnik 17
Leto izdaje     1988
Obseg     str. 99-103
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     The influence of the corrosive environment in human tissue on implantable platinum electrodes during long term electrical stimulation with monophasic voltage stimulation pulses was studied. Various anomalies caused by electrochemical reactions and/or mechanical deformations produced on the surface of the electrodes owing to electrical stimulation were identified and investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy. Since the corrosion reactions of the electrodes depend mostly on the composition of the electrode-electrolyte system, the potentials of anode and cathode during pulsing were measured in 0.9 percent NaCl solution and in vivo.
Deskriptorji     ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED
CORROSION
ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY
EQUIPMENT DESIGN
HEMIPLEGIA
MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING
PLATINUM
SURFACE PROPERTIES