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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Claude G. Veraart, Brussels, BE;
J. Thomas Mortimer, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Assignee:
Axon Engineering, Inc.,, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/32 ; A61N 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/32 ; A61N 1/00 ;
Abstract
A method and device for producing visual sensations within blind persons includes installing a self-sizing spiral nerve cuff electrode about the optic nerve of a blind person then transmitting electrical pulses to the nerve to generate phosphenes within the patient's visual field.