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US 12,576,267 B2Granted
Tissue stimulation apparatus and methods of making the same
AssigneeAlfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
InventorsChristopher Reed Jenney, Neil Talbot, Joseph L. Calderon, Sahar Elyahoodayan, William Andrew Brandt
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Abstract
A method of forming a nerve cuff by combining a plurality of electrically conductive members with respective rear surfaces and grit blasted front surfaces with a nerve cuff body, which includes a respective plurality of windows, in such a manner that exposed portions of the grit blasted front surfaces are within the windows.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- forming a nerve cuff by combining a plurality of electrically conductive members with respective rear surfaces and grit blasted front surfaces, which prior to combining were formed from tubular workpieces that were grit blasted and then flattened into the electrically conductive members, with a nerve cuff body, which includes a respective plurality of windows, in such a manner that exposed portions of the grit blasted front surfaces are within the windows.
A method, comprising:
- grit blasting tubular workpieces formed from conductive material using first grit blasting parameters to form a grit blasted conductive surface on the tubular workpieces;
- compressing the grit blasted tubular workpieces (148) into flat grit blasted conductive members;
- assembling a nerve cuff that includes a cuff body having a plurality of windows and the flat grit basted conductive members positioned such that portions of the flat grit blasted conductive members are located within the windows;
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- removing contaminants from the flat grit blasted conductive member portions located within the windows of the assembled nerve cuff by grit blasting the grit blasted conductive material located within the windows using second grit blasting parameters that are different than the first grit blasting parameters.
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