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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2005
Daniel Cantin, Sainte-Foy, CA;
Alain Cournoyer, Québec, CA;
Pierre Galarneau, Cap-Rouge, CA;
Chiara Meneghini, Vicenza, IT;
Daniel Cantin, Sainte-Foy, CA;
Alain Cournoyer, Québec, CA;
Pierre Galarneau, Cap-Rouge, CA;
Chiara Meneghini, Vicenza, IT;
Institut National D'Optique, Quebec, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a device and method for transmitting multiple optically-encoded stimulation signals to multiple stimulation sites, especially cell locations. The device uses a primary optical fiber to transmit specific wavelength components of an encoded light signal to output positions along the fiber where they are coupled out of the primary fiber to stimulation sites via electrodes for electrical stimulation of the sites or optical windows and/or secondary optical fibers for photo-stimulation of sites.