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US 12,667,293 B2Granted
Apparatus used to detect or stimulate activity of nerve tissue
AssigneesEpsilon Medical Inc., University of Tsukuba
InventorYuji Matsumaru
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Abstract
This apparatus (1) comprises at least one intravascular device (10), (20) that is disposed in a blood vessel of an organism and that is equipped with at least one electrode (11), (12), (21), (22) for detecting or stimulating the activity of nerve tissue positioned outside the blood vessel nearby, the electrodes (11), (12), (21), (22) being provided on a wire member.
Claims10
A method comprising:
- disposing, in a cerebral blood vessel of an organism, an intravascular device including at least one electrode provided on a wire member;
- and
- detecting activity of nerve tissue or stimulating of the nerve tissue with the electrode, the nerve tissue being positioned outside the blood vessel near the electrode,
- wherein the wire member is formed from a single metal wire and an insulator covering the single metal wire, and
- the electrode is provided in a ring shape around an entire circumference of the wire member, not covered by the insulator.
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A method comprising:
- disposing, in a cerebral blood vessel of an organism, an intravascular device including at least one electrode provided on a wire member;
- and
- detecting activity of nerve tissue or stimulating of the nerve tissue with the electrode, the nerve tissue being positioned outside the blood vessel near the electrode,
- wherein the wire member is formed from a single metal wire and an insulator covering the single metal wire.
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A method comprising:
- disposing, in a cerebral blood vessel of an organism, an intravascular device including at least one electrode provided on a wire member;
- and
- detecting activity of nerve tissue or stimulating of the nerve tissue with the electrode, the nerve tissue being positioned outside the blood vessel near the electrode,
- wherein the wire member is formed from a single metal wire and an insulator covering the single metal wire, and
- the electrode is provided both at a straight portion and a spiral portion of the wire member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.