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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Galvani Bioelectronics Limited, Brentford, GB;
Inventor:
Gerald Edwin Hunsberger, Brentford, GB;
Assignee:
Galvani Bioelectronics Limited, Brentford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36178 (2013.01); A61N 1/0556 (2013.01); A61N 1/36175 (2013.01); A61N 1/36182 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a neural interface device for unidirectional stimulation of a nerve including at least one A-type nerve fiber or at least one at least partially myelinated nerve fiber. The device includes an electrode arrangement for placing on or around the nerve. The electrode arrangement includes a first electrode configured to be positively charged and a second electrode configured to be negatively charged, where the surface area of the second electrode is larger than the surface area of first electrode.