Patent · US Expired

Cuff electrode

US5919220A · kind A · utility

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8References

15Claims

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Assignee

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

Thomas Stieglitz · Freiburg (Elbe), DE
Joerg Meyer · Wagenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 17, 1997
Grant date	Jul 6, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 17, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/0556
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cuff-electrode that can be placed as an extraneural, sleeve-shaped electrode about a biological tissue, e.g. a nerve.

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