Device and Method Using Integrated Neuronal Cells and an Electronic Device
AssigneeThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
InventorsDouglas Hamilton Smith, Bryan Pfister, David F. Meaney
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Abstract
The present invention provides a device of integrated neuronal cells interfaced with an electronic device and a method of producing the same.
Claims16
1-14. (canceled)
A method of treating a spinal cord injury or a nerve lesion using a device comprising first and second isolated neuronal cells, the method comprising transplanting the second isolated neuronal cell of the device at or near a site of nerve damage, wherein the device comprises an electronic device, wherein the first isolated neuronal cell is interfaced with the electronic device and wherein the first isolated neuronal cell is integrated to the second isolated neuronal cell via elongated axons greater than 1 cm in length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.