Artificial synapse chip

US7147865B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Univeristy · US

Inventors

• Harvey Fishman · Menlo Park, US
• David M. Bloom · Portola Valley, US
• Stacey F. Bent · Stanford, US
• Mark C. Peterman · Fremont, US
• Jaan Noolandi · Palo Alto, US
• Neville Mehenti · Plainsboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2003
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2006
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2535/10
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices and methods are provided for administering a fluid to a neuronal site. The device comprises a reservoir, an aperture in fluid connection to the reservoir, and electrical means for moving to the fluid to or through the aperture. The electrical means may take the form of electroosmotic force, piezoelectric movement of a diaphragm or electrolysis of a solution. The electrical means may be external to the host, implanted in the host or may be photodiodes activated by light, particularly where the neuronal site is associated with the retina.