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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2006
Yu-chong Tai, Pasadena, CA (US);
Damien C. Rodger, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Wen LI, East Lansing, CA (US);
Mark Humayun, Glendale, CA (US);
James D. Weiland, Valencia, CA (US);
Hossein Ameri, Galveston, TX (US);
Armand R. Tanguay, Jr., Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Yu-Chong Tai, Pasadena, CA (US);
Damien C. Rodger, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Wen Li, East Lansing, CA (US);
Mark Humayun, Glendale, CA (US);
James D. Weiland, Valencia, CA (US);
Hossein Ameri, Galveston, TX (US);
Armand R. Tanguay, Jr., Yorba Linda, CA (US);
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
Intraocular retinal prosthesis devices and methods for fabricating the same. A prosthesis device includes a cable region that connects an electrode array region with a power and data management region. The electrode array region includes one or more arrays of exposed electrodes, and the power and data management region includes various power and control elements. The power and data management elements, in one aspect, include an RF coil or coils and circuit arrangements and/or chips configured to provide drive signals to the electrodes via a cable and receive power and signals from the RF coil or coils. Each region includes elements fabricated on or in a single polymer layer during the same fabrication process.