Laser powered miniature bionic devices

激光驱动的微型仿生装置。该项目旨在开发一种基于激光的系统，以无线方式为植入式医疗微型设备供电和控制。大规模集成技术使微电子医疗植入物小型化，但能源系统并没有缩小；无线电源/数据接口是植入物的大部分体积。该项目旨在开发一种光功率/数据接口，以实现高功率密度传输到一个微型视网膜植入物，该植入物完全装在一个独立的透明钻石胶囊中，没有任何外部引线。这种安全可靠的电力/数据传输将利用金刚石封装的卓越透明度、生物相容性和生物稳定性，从而增强澳大利亚医疗器械行业的国际竞争力。

Laser powered miniature bionic devices. This project aims to develop a laser-based system to wirelessly power and control implantable medical micro-devices. Very-large-scale integration technology has miniaturised microelectronic medical implants, but energy systems have not shrunk; the wireless power/data interface is most of the implant’s volume. This project intends to develop an optical power/data interface to achieve high power density transfer to a miniaturised retinal implant housed entirely within a single self-contained transparent diamond capsule without any external lead wires. This safe and robust power/data delivery will exploit the outstanding transparency, biocompatibility and biostability of diamond encapsulation, thus enhancing the international competitiveness of the Australian medical device sector.