Patent · US Expired

Method for the fabrication of an implantable electrode

US4612100A · kind A · utility

19Cited by

3References

10Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Martin Edeling · Erlangen, DE
Helmut Freller · Westerburg, DE
Konrad Mund
Peter Schack · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 13, 1984
Grant date	Sep 16, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 13, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/05
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a method for manufacturing an implantable electrode, particularly a stimulating electrode, vitreous carbon is sputtered from a vitreous carbon target on at least a part of the surface of the electrode. The sputtering is performed in an argon atmosphere at a pressure of 4 to 8.times.10.sup.-2 mbar and at a voltage of 1.6 to 2.4 kV. The electrode may consist essentially of platinum-iridium, vitreous carbon or platinum.

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