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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2007
Dao Min Zhou, Saugus, CA (US);
Jerry OK, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Neil Hamilton Talbot, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Brian V. Mech, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
James Singleton Little, Saugus, CA (US);
Robert J. Greenberg, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dao Min Zhou, Saugus, CA (US);
Jerry Ok, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Neil Hamilton Talbot, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Brian V. Mech, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
James Singleton Little, Saugus, CA (US);
Robert J. Greenberg, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an implantable electrode with increased stability wherein the surface is of the electrode comprises mesh grids which are filled with sticks which are filed with a conducting or insulating material. The present invention further provides a method of manufacturing an electrode with increased stability, comprising: depositing a metal layer on an base layer; applying photoresist layer on the metal layer; patterning the photoresist layer providing openings; electroplating the openings with metal; removing the photoresist layer leaving spaces; and filling the spaces with polymer.