University of Michigan

Elissa Joy Welle

John P Seymour

Cynthia Anne Chestek

Paras Patel

Lauren Leigh Zimmerman

Zhonghua Ouyang

Ahmad Jiman

Timothy Morris Bruns

A carbon fiber implantable probe, a method of manufacturing the carbon implantable probe, and a method of implanting the probe in an implantation site, such as a nerve. The carbon fiber implantable probe includes a flexible probe body, a carbon fiber microarray (CFMA) composing one or more carbon fiber electrodes at least partially embedded in the flexible probe body, and a signal conductor connected to the one or more carbon fiber electrodes of the CFMA. In one example, the CFMA includes carbon fiber electrodes having conductive carbon cores partially surrounded by an insulative coating. The combination of the CFMA with the flexible probe body, made of silicone rubber for example, can improve implantation processes.

Carbon fiber implantable probe

Growing community of inventors

Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Elissa Joy Welle