Toward biomaterial-based implantable photonic devices
Optical technologies are essential for the rapid and efficient delivery of health care to patients. Efforts have begun to implement these technologies in miniature devices that are implantable in patients for continuous or chronic uses. In this review, we discuss guidelines for biomaterials suitable...
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| author | Humar Matjaž Kwok Sheldon J. J. Choi Myunghwan Yetisen Ali K. Cho Sangyeon Yun Seok-Hyun |
| author_facet | Humar Matjaž Kwok Sheldon J. J. Choi Myunghwan Yetisen Ali K. Cho Sangyeon Yun Seok-Hyun |
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| description | Optical technologies are essential for the rapid and efficient delivery of health care to patients. Efforts have begun to implement these technologies in miniature devices that are implantable in patients for continuous or chronic uses. In this review, we discuss guidelines for biomaterials suitable for use in vivo. Basic optical functions such as focusing, reflection, and diffraction have been realized with biopolymers. Biocompatible optical fibers can deliver sensing or therapeutic-inducing light into tissues and enable optical communications with implanted photonic devices. Wirelessly powered, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and miniature lasers made of biocompatible materials may offer new approaches in optical sensing and therapy. Advances in biotechnologies, such as optogenetics, enable more sophisticated photonic devices with a high level of integration with neurological or physiological circuits. With further innovations and translational development, implantable photonic devices offer a pathway to improve health monitoring, diagnostics, and light-activated therapies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac4327271bfe4d3397496625ccd221732022-12-21T21:30:25ZengDe GruyterNanophotonics2192-86062192-86142017-03-016241443410.1515/nanoph-2016-0003nanoph-2016-0003Toward biomaterial-based implantable photonic devicesHumar Matjaž0Kwok Sheldon J. J.1Choi Myunghwan2Yetisen Ali K.3Cho Sangyeon4Yun Seok-Hyun5Harvard Medical School and Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 65 Landsdowne St, UP-5, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USAHarvard Medical School and Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 65 Landsdowne St, UP-5, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USAHarvard Medical School and Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 65 Landsdowne St, UP-5, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USAHarvard Medical School and Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 65 Landsdowne St, UP-5, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USAHarvard Medical School and Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 65 Landsdowne St, UP-5, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USAHarvard Medical School and Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 65 Landsdowne St, UP-5, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USAOptical technologies are essential for the rapid and efficient delivery of health care to patients. Efforts have begun to implement these technologies in miniature devices that are implantable in patients for continuous or chronic uses. In this review, we discuss guidelines for biomaterials suitable for use in vivo. Basic optical functions such as focusing, reflection, and diffraction have been realized with biopolymers. Biocompatible optical fibers can deliver sensing or therapeutic-inducing light into tissues and enable optical communications with implanted photonic devices. Wirelessly powered, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and miniature lasers made of biocompatible materials may offer new approaches in optical sensing and therapy. Advances in biotechnologies, such as optogenetics, enable more sophisticated photonic devices with a high level of integration with neurological or physiological circuits. With further innovations and translational development, implantable photonic devices offer a pathway to improve health monitoring, diagnostics, and light-activated therapies.https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2016-0003biomaterialsbiocompatiblebiodegradableopticsphotonics |
| spellingShingle | Humar Matjaž Kwok Sheldon J. J. Choi Myunghwan Yetisen Ali K. Cho Sangyeon Yun Seok-Hyun Toward biomaterial-based implantable photonic devices Nanophotonics biomaterials biocompatible biodegradable optics photonics |
| title | Toward biomaterial-based implantable photonic devices |
| title_full | Toward biomaterial-based implantable photonic devices |
| title_fullStr | Toward biomaterial-based implantable photonic devices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toward biomaterial-based implantable photonic devices |
| title_short | Toward biomaterial-based implantable photonic devices |
| title_sort | toward biomaterial based implantable photonic devices |
| topic | biomaterials biocompatible biodegradable optics photonics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2016-0003 |
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