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Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2015
Applicants:

Biocircuit Technologies, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);

Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Robert J. Butera, Decatur, GA (US);

Yogi A. Patel, Atlanta, GA (US);

James D. Ross, Decatur, GA (US);

Swaminathan Rajaraman, Decatur, GA (US);

Isaac Clements, Marietta, GA (US);

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04001 (2013.01); A61B 5/4041 (2013.01); A61B 5/685 (2013.01); A61B 5/6877 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/0556 (2013.01); A61N 1/3605 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0209 (2013.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01);
Abstract

A neural interfacing device is disclosed. The neural interfacing device may include at least one microneedle electrode. The microneedle electrode may have one or more microneedles. The one or more microneedles may be shaped and positioned such that when the neural interfacing device is applied to a nerve, the one or more microneedles penetrate a nerve epineurium without any portion of the microneedle electrode penetrating any nerve axon beyond a depth of 500 micrometers.


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