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A technology for implantable hermetic packages. Part 2: An implementation

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An implantable hermetic package for the intersection unit of a row-and-column visual prosthesis is described. Some figures for production yield andin vitro performance are included.

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  1. MRC Neurological Prosthesis Unit, 1 Windsor Walk, SE5 8BB, London, England

    P. E. K. Donaldson & E. Sayer

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Donaldson, P.E.K., Sayer, E. A technology for implantable hermetic packages. Part 2: An implementation. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 19, 403–405 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02441302

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