Electrode system for electrical stimulation

US9486618B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Halo Neuro, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Brett Wingeier · San Francisco, US
• Tal Bar-Or · San Francisco, US
• Colin Davis · San Francisco, US
• Victoria Hammett · San Francisco, US
• Randall Lin · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2016
• Expiry date: Oct 8, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2562/227
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for electrically stimulating a user comprising: a first housing portion defining an array of openings; an array of permeable bodies with portions exposed through the array of openings and wetted with a solution that facilitates electrical coupling between the system and a body region of the user, wherein each permeable body has a cavity at a proximal portion and a distal portion and is configured to transmit the solution to the body region of the user; a substrate region defining an array of protrusions configured to support the array of permeable bodies and composed of a conductive polymer; and a set of conductors in communication with the substrate region and including a first conductor that provides a first subset of the array of permeable bodies with a first polarity and a second conductor that provides a second subset of the array of permeable bodies with a second polarity.