Palo Alto Research Center Inc.

Jonathan Rivnay

Robert Anthony Street

Bernard D Casse

Christopher A Paulson

George Daniel

Ping Mei

Brent Shawhan Krusor

Gregory Lewis Whiting

David Eric Schwartz

Steven E Ready

Yong Zhang

Sivkheng Kor

An implantable neural probe includes a flexible substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The probe has an elongated three dimensional shape with an exterior surface and an interior surface such that the exterior surface of the probe includes at least a portion of first surface of the flexible substrate and the interior surface of the probe includes at least a portion of the second surface of the flexible substrate. The probe may include an array of one or more neural stimulators disposed on the flexible substrate and configured to stimulate neurons. The probe may alternatively or additionally include an array of one or more neural sensors configured to sense brain neurons.

Implantable neural probe

A printed resistive gas detector configuration that is simple, inexpensive and compact, fabricated for incorporation into an electronic device, such as an electronic computing and/or communication device, the printed resistive gas detector configuration designed to continuously monitor for predetermined types of gasses. The printed resistive gas detector configuration manufactured by the use of printing technology to print on a flexible substrate.

Printed gas sensor

An implantable subsystem includes multiple implantable neural probes disposed on a flexible substrate. Each neural probe is configured to magnetically stimulate brain neurons. Each probe includes an array of magnetic neural stimulators that magnetically stimulate neurons. Each probe also includes neural probe activation circuitry comprising thin film switches disposed on the flexible substrate. The thin film switches are electrically coupled to row and column activation lines and selectively activate the magnetic neural stimulators in response to neural stimulation activation signals carried on the activation lines.

Implantable neural modulation device

A neural modulation system includes neural encoder in a patient-external device. The neural encoder converts input signals into a neural stimulation pattern and wirelessly transmits the neural stimulation pattern to a patient-internal device. The patient internal device includes a flexible substrate and a two dimensional array of neural probes disposed on the flexible substrate. Each neural probe includes an array of magnetic neural stimulators and/or an array of neural sensors along with probe addressing circuitry that allow for addressing the magnetic neural stimualtors and/or neural sensors. Control circuitry in the implantable device controls activation of the magnetic neural stimulators and/or neural sensors according to the neural stimulation pattern via the probe addressing circuitry.

Neural modulation system

Electronic devices having two or more conductive contacts or terminals and methods of making the same. Including having a conducting interconnect line coated with an insulator stack (functionalized to be hydrophobic), cut&#x2014;simultaneously allowing for one step, self-aligned, patterning of formed conducting contacts and the insulation stack. The combination of the cut in the insulation, along with the low surface energy of the insulating surface allow for active material to be deposited at the cut site defining the channel.

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