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US 11,446,084 B2Granted
Laser drilling of pia mater
AssigneeNeuralink Corp.
InventorsDalton James Colen, Shivani Shah
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Abstract
The disclosure provides an apparatus and methods for performing a piotomy on a mammal comprising: performing a craniotomy to remove the skull and expose dura mater; removing the dura mater and arachnoid mater to expose subarachnoid space; and performing a piotomy using a laser to create a hole and expose the cerebral cortex.
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A method for performing a piotomy on a mammal prior to insertion of an implantable device, the method comprising:
- performing a craniotomy to remove the skull and expose dura mater;
- removing the dura mater and arachnoid mater to expose subarachnoid space;
- performing a piotomy using a laser, which laser generates between 2 watts and 15 watts of power, to create a hole and expose the cerebral cortex;
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- inserting a needle and thereafter the implantable device into the hole without dimpling.
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A method for performing a piotomy on a mammal, prior to insertion of an implantable device, the method comprising:
- performing a craniotomy to remove the skull and expose dura mater;
- removing the dura mater and arachnoid mater to expose subarachnoid space;
- performing a piotomy using a laser coupled to a fiber optic cable, which generates between 2 watts and 15 watts of power, to create a hole and expose the cerebral cortex, wherein the laser vaporizes water in the pia mater to ablate the tissue to create the hole;
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- inserting a needle and thereafter the implantable device into the hole without dimpling.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.