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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:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2005
Applicants:
Hongxing Tang, New Haven, CT (US);
Michael L. Roukes, Pasadena, CA (US);
Richard Renaud, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hongxing Tang, New Haven, CT (US);
Michael L. Roukes, Pasadena, CA (US);
Richard Renaud, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a neural probe containing a plurality of nanoscale recording electrodes. The recording electrodes have a width of 1 micron or less and a distance between adjacent recording electrodes is 10 microns or less. Another embodiment of the invention provides a neural probe comprising a plurality of microfabricated recording electrodes located on a polymer base material, such as a flexible polymer cantilever.