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Probe device for electrical stimulation and recording of the activity of excitable cells

US8423143B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignees

IMEC · BE
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven · BE

Inventors

Carmen Bartic · Wilsele, BE
Bart Nuttin · Rotselaar, BE
Kris van Kuyck · Leuven, BE

Key dates

Filing date	May 18, 2006
Grant date	Apr 16, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 25, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/0551
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A probe device is described having a substrate and a die on top of the substrate. The die has an array of stimulation/recording sites having at least one stimulation means and at least one recording means. The substrate comprising the die is folded into a cylindrical shape or a shape with a conical cross-section and, therefore, limits damage when it is implanted in tissue to be examined or treated, e.g., the brain of a patient in case of a neuro-probe device for use in deep brain stimulation.

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