Lv flat electrode

Abstract

The present invention provides an electrode, specifically an implantable flat electrode (1), useful for the treatment of organic tissue using an electrical current, comprising laminated first and second insulating layers (2, 3) comprising an elastic, biocompatible and biostable material, the second insulating (3) layer having at least one opening (3c), a flexible conductive material (4) sandwiched between the first and second insulating layers (2, 3), wherein the flexible conductive material (4) comprises an edge portion (4a) embedded into the first insulating layer (2) and covered by the second insulating layer (3), and a center portion (4b) exposed through the at least one opening (3c) of the second insulating layer (3) and not fixed to the first insulating layer (2), two or more pairs of suture holes (2a, 3a) provided in circumferential edge portions (2b, 3b) of the first and second insulating layers (2, 3), wherein the edge portions (2b, 3b) portions are laminated onto each other without the conductive material (4) sandwiched in between, and 9-7 an electrical connector (6) electrically coupled to the conductive material (4).

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