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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Joseph H. Schulman, Oxnard, CA (US);
David L. Hankin, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Abstract
Biocompatible stiffness enhanced pliable electrically conductive filaments configured for contact with living tissue and electrical communication with such tissue. The pliability of the filaments allows the distal end of the filaments to remain at the original site of penetration into the tissue despite the movement of the tissue relative to their surrounding environment. To temporarily stiffen the filaments, a soluble stiffness enhancing coating is disposed over the filaments. The coating may be in the form of a liquid which dries to a solid state after being applied to the filaments and renders the filaments sufficiently rigid such that under appropriate force, the filaments are capable of penetrating into dense tissue. Once in place, the stiffness enhancing coating dissolves due to contact with body fluids, the filaments, in the absence of such a coating, return to their initial pliability.