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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2019
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Cynthia Anne Chestek, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Elissa Joy Welle, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Paul Seymour, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Lauren Leigh Zimmerman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Zhonghua Ouyang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Paras Rajni Patel, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ahmad Jiman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Timothy Morris Bruns, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A carbon fiber implantable probe, a method of manufacturing the carbon implantable probe, and a method of implanting the probe in an implantation site, such as a nerve. The carbon fiber implantable probe includes a flexible probe body, a carbon fiber microarray (CFMA) composing one or more carbon fiber electrodes at least partially embedded in the flexible probe body, and a signal conductor connected to the one or more carbon fiber electrodes of the CFMA. In one example, the CFMA includes carbon fiber electrodes having conductive carbon cores partially surrounded by an insulative coating. The combination of the CFMA with the flexible probe body, made of silicone rubber for example, can improve implantation processes.