Method for implanting an implantable device in body tissue
AssigneeNeuroNexus Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJamille Farraye Hetke, Daryl R. Kipke, Rio J. Vetter
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Abstract
An implantable device for body tissue, including an electrical subsystem that flexes within and interfaces with body tissue and a carrier that operates in the following two modes: provides structural support for the electrical subsystem during implantation of the device in body tissue and allows flexing of the electrical subsystem after implantation of the device in body tissue. The implantable device is preferably designed to be implanted into the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve, muscle, or any other suitable anatomical location. The implantable device, however, may be alternatively used in any suitable environment and for any suitable reason.
Claims20
A method for assembling a neural interface device, comprising:
- providing a carrier extending along a first carrier length from a proximal carrier portion to a distal carrier portion having a distal carrier end, wherein the carrier is of a bioresorbable material such that the carrier is absorbable into body tissue at a time that occurs after implantation of the neural interface device into body tissue;
- providing a first electrical subsystem that includes a plurality of electrode sites and an electrode substrate that has a tubular shape and that supports the plurality of electrode sites;
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- weaving at least a portion of the electrode substrate with the carrier to form the neural interface device so that the plurality of electrode sites extends circumferentially relative to the first carrier length of the carrier and has exposed surfaces facing outwardly from the electrode substrate opposite the carrier.
A method for assembling a neural interface device, comprising:
- forming a carrier having a woven structure and a tubular shape from a bioresorbable material that is absorbable into body tissue after implantation, wherein the woven structure has a sufficiently large weave to allow an electrical subsystem to be woven into the carrier;
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- weaving at least a portion of an electrode substrate of the electrical subsystem with the carrier to form the neural interface device so that a plurality of electrode sites supported by the electrode substrate are disposed circumferentially and axially relative to a first carrier length of the carrier and have exposed surfaces facing outwardly from the electrode substrate opposite the carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.