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Visual prosthesis including a flexible circuit electrode array

US8489193B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

David Daomin Zhou · Santa Clarita, US
Robert J. Greenberg · Los Angeles, US
Jordan Matthew Neysmith · Pasadena, US
Boon Khai Ng · Verdugo City, US
James Singleton Little · Arvada, US
Neil Hamilton Talbot · La Cañada Flintridge, US
Satinderpall S. Pannu · Berkeley, US
James C. Davidson · Livermore, US
Phillipe J. Tabada · Roseville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2012
Grant date	Jul 16, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/1002
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A flexible circuit electrode array, which comprises: a polymer base layer; metal traces deposited on said polymer base layer, including electrodes suitable to stimulate neural tissue; a polymer top layer deposited on said polymer base layer and said metal traces; and a partial or entire coating of the base and top layer by a soft polymer.

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