Technology Since its founding in 2001, Proteus has assembled a world-class multidisciplinary team with expertise in MEMS development, integrated circuit design, and medical systems development. Proteus has its own MEMS fabrication facility where it also designs equipment and materials. MEMS are tiny mechanical objects that are fabricated in the same general manner as integrated circuits. They can be as small as a grain of sand, and generally range from 100 nanometers to 100 micrometers in size. Because MEMS devices are manufactured using batch fabrication techniques similar to those used for integrated circuits, unprecedented levels of functionality, reliability, and sophistication can be placed on a small silicon chip at a relatively low cost. New applications of MEMS technology are revolutionizing the development of intelligent products, augmenting the computational ability of microelectronics with the perception and control capabilities of microsensors with virtually limitless potential designs and applications. ChipSkin™ technology One of the significant challenges that has prevented widespread utilization of in-body computing platforms is the disintegration of active electronics as they are exposed to body fluids. Proteus’s proprietary ChipSkin technology eliminates this issue with the development of an extremely thin and durable wrapper to protect the chip and preserve performance of the active electronics over time. Long-term survival of ChipSkin-protected electronics has been demonstrated through accelerated life testing.
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