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US 12,001,942 B2Granted
Biological neuron to electronic computer interface
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsChristopher F. Codella, James V. Codella, Noel C. Codella, Vince S. Siu
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a substrate, an array of channels disposed in the substrate, wherein first ends of the channels are exposed to an outside the apparatus, a material disposed in the channel that promotes growth of neural tissue, a plurality of electrodes disposed at second ends of the channels, wherein each channel is aligned with a respective one of the electrodes, and a chip electrically connected to the electrodes.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a substrate;
- an array of channels patterned as grooves in the substrate, wherein first ends of the channels are first openings on a first surface of the substrate and each channel of the array comprises a longitudinal opening on an interface surface of the substrate;
- a material disposed in each of the channels that promotes growth of neural tissue into the first openings of the channels;
- a plurality of electrodes in the substrate at second ends of the channels, wherein each channel of the array is aligned with a respective one of the electrodes;
- and
- a chip electrically connected to the electrodes.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a substrate;
- an array of channels patterned as grooves in the substrate, wherein first ends of the channels are first openings on a first surface of the substrate and each channel of the array comprises a longitudinal opening on an interface surface of the substrate;
- a material disposed in each of the channels that promotes growth of neural tissue into the first openings of the channels;
- a plurality of electrodes in the substrate;
- and
- a chip electrically connected to the electrodes,
- where the plurality of electrodes comprise:
- a plurality of electrical induction sensing conductors in the substrate between the channels;
- and
- a plurality of electrical induction generating conductors in the substrate between the channels,
- wherein each of the electrical induction sensing conductors is disposed opposite to a respective one of the electrical induction generating conductors across a respective one of the channels.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a substrate comprising a plurality of stacked chips;
- an array of channels patterned as grooves in the substrate, wherein first ends of the channels are openings on a first surface of the substrate, wherein each of the channels comprises a longitudinal opening along a length of the respective channel on a surface of a respective one of the stacked chips;
- a material disposed in each of the channels that promotes growth of neural tissue into the openings of the channels;
- a plurality of electrodes in the substrate at second ends of the channels, wherein each channel is aligned with a respective one of the electrodes;
- and
- an integrated chip electrically connected to the electrodes,
- wherein a first stacked chip of the plurality of stack chips encloses the longitudinal openings of the channels of a second stack chip of the plurality of stack chips and a third stacked chip of the plurality of chips encloses the longitudinal openings of the channels of the second stack chip of the plurality of stack chips.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.