The General Hospital Corporation

The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

Canon U.s.a., Inc.

Alexandra J Golby

Ferenc A Jolesz

Takahisa Kato

Giorgio Bonmassar

Nathalie Agar

Thomas Noh

Sarah Frisken

Clement Mirabel

Parikshit Juvekar

Garth R Cosgrove

Exemplary methods and systems that provide a curved path trajectory that can be used with a bendable medical device. The curved pathway can comprise straight and curved concatenated arc segments. The methods and systems can provide planning, visualizing and treatment of, for example, temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) using laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) or tumors using ablation therapy. With curved pathway, the physician can create plan for intervention to avoid critical structure and to cover more target volume for treatment/diagnosis than straight pathway.

Enhanced planning and visualization with curved instrument pathway and its curved instrument

An electrode array () is configured for implantation into a subject. The electrode array () includes an organic substrate material () configured to be implanted into an in vivo environment and to optionally dissolve after implantation into the in vivo environment and be absorbed by the in vivo environment, and an electrode () mounted to the organic substrate material () and configured to acquire signals generated by the in vivo environment. The electrode array () includes a connection pad () mounted to the organic substrate (), and a conductive trace () formed between the electrode () and the connection pad (). The conductive trace () includes a conductive ink that is MRI-compatible.

Implantable electrode system

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Jamaica Plain, MA, United States of America

Alexandra J Golby