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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Neuronexus Technologies, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David S. Pellinen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bencharong Suwarato, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Rio J. Vetter, Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Jamille Farraye Hetke, Brooklyn, MI (US);
Daryl R. Kipke, Dexter, MI (US);
NEURONEXUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A neural probe comprising an array of stimulation and/or recording electrodes supported on a tape spring-type carrier is described. The neural probe comprising the tape spring-type carrier is used to insert flexible electrode arrays straight into tissue, or to insert them off-axis from the initial penetration of a guide tube. Importantly, the neural probe is not rigid, but has a degree of stiffness provided by the tape spring-type carrier that maintains a desired trajectory into body tissue, but will subsequently allow the probe to flex and move in unison with movement of the body tissue.