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US 10,485,482 B2Granted
Carbon nano tube based antennas
AssigneeBoard of Regents, The University of Texas System
InventorsRay Baughman, Raquel Robles, Mario Romero-Ortega, Aswini Kanneganti, Young-tae Kim, Ryan Landrith
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Abstract
A carbon nanotube (CNT) based electrode and method of making the same is disclosed. The CNT based electrode can have a microelectrode made substantially from a substantially inert metal, a first CNT sheet and a second CNT sheet, wherein the first and second CNT sheets are embedded in a collagen film.
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A carbon nanotube based electrode comprising:
- a first carbon nanotube sheet and a second carbon nanotube sheet, wherein the first and second carbon nanotube sheets are embedded in a collagen film;
- a microelectrode comprising a substantially inert metal partially sandwiched between the first and second carbon nanotube sheets forming a carbon nanotube flag having a width and a length, wherein at least one of the width and length greater than 80 μm.
A carbon nanotube based electrode comprising:
- a first carbon nanotube sheet and a second carbon nanotube sheet, wherein the first carbon nanotube sheet is embedded in collagen and the second carbon nanotube sheet is embedded in collagen;
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- a microelectrode having an electrode tip sandwiched between the first carbon nanotube sheet and the second carbon nanotube sheet forming a carbon nanotube flag having a width and a length,
- wherein at least one of the width and length greater than 80 μm and wherein the electrode tip is configured for implanting into tissue.
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An electrode array comprising:
- a first carbon nanotube sheet and a second carbon nanotube sheet, wherein the first carbon nanotube sheet is embedded in collagen and the second carbon nanotube sheet is embedded in collagen;
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- an array of microelectrodes, each microelectrode having an electrode tip sandwiched between the first carbon nanotube sheet and the second carbon nanotube sheet forming a carbon nanotube flag having a width and a length,
- wherein at least one of the width and length greater than 80 μm and wherein the electrode tip of each microelectrode is configured for implanting into tissue.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.