Electrode array and deployment assembly including an electrode array that is folded into a cannula that is narrower in width than the array
US9937338B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 27, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/3787
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electrode array assembly with a frame that is foldable or bendable on which electrodes are disposed. The frame includes laterally spaced apart bridges. Tabs extend laterally outwardly from the bridges Electrodes are disposed on the tabs. Beams, also part of the frame, extend between the laterally adjacent bridges. The frame can be folded around the beams so as to cause the laterally spaced bridges to at least partially overlap. When the beams are so bent, the electrode array can be disposed in an access cannula that has a diameter less than the width of the unfolded array.
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