Implantable device for the brain
AssigneeSecond Sight Medical Products, Inc.
InventorsRobert J. Greenberg, Brian V. Mech, Kelly H. McClure
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Abstract
The present invention consists of an implantable device with at least one package that houses electronics that receives input data or signals, and optionally, power, from an external system through at least one coil attached to the at least one package, processes the input data and delivers electrical pulses to neural tissue through at least one array of multiple electrodes that is/are attached to the at least one package. The invention, or components thereof, is/are intended to be installed in the head, or on or in the cranium, or on the dura, or on or in the brain.
Claims10
An implantable device comprising:
- a hermetic package enclosing an electronic circuit suitable to implanted within a head;
- a flexible circuit forming a plurality of separate electrode arrays, each electrode array including a plurality of electrodes, the flexible circuit electrically coupled to the electronic circuit and suitable to interface with neural tissue;
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- a wireless transceiver electrically coupled to the electronic circuit for sending and receiving data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.