Implantable electrode and method of making the same

US9656054B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NeuroNexus Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David S. Pellinen · Ann Arbor, US
• Mayurachat Ning Gulari · Ann Arbor, US
• Jamille Farraye Hetke
• David J. Anderson · Ann Arbor, US
• Daryl R. Kipke · Dexter, US
• Rio J. Vetter · Ypsilanti, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2015
• Grant date: May 23, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49117
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The implantable electrode system of the preferred embodiments includes a conductor, an interconnect coupled to the conductor, an insulator that insulates the interconnect, and an anchor that overlaps a peripheral edge of the electrode layer. The anchor is mechanically interlocked with the insulator. This structure is particularly useful with the electrode layer being a neural interface that is configured to provide either a recording and stimulating function.