PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE BIOMATERIALS HAVING ENGINEERED FUNCTIONAL SURFACES

摘要

Wireless implantable medical devices, in particular stents, for operably coupling to and functionally interfacing with tissue, such as vascular tissue, adjacent to the implantable medical device, having integrally formed electronic circuitry configured to sense and/or stimulate tissue, such as nerves, adjacent to or in proximity to the situs of the implantable medical device and capable of transmitting signals from the stent to a remote receiver to interrogate conditions in the body or receive signals to stimulate tissue.