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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2007
Howard H. Stover, Pasadena, CA (US);
John C. Gord, Venice, CA (US);
Charles L. Byers, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Joseph H. Schulman, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Guangqiang Jiang, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Ross Davis, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Howard H. Stover, Pasadena, CA (US);
John C. Gord, Venice, CA (US);
Charles L. Byers, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Joseph H. Schulman, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Guangqiang Jiang, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Ross Davis, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Abstract
A brain implant device includes a housing containing communication and control electronics coupled to a conduit configured for monitoring signals from a brain's motor cortex and providing stimulation signals to the brain's sensory cortex. The brain implant device is capable of wireless communication with an external communication and control signal source by means of an antenna provided in the housing. The conduit is flexible and may contain upwards of 128 electrical conductors providing electrical connections between the device electronics and related sites on the motor and/or sensory cortex by means of a plurality of electrically conductive protuberances extending from the conduit and adapted for contact with such sites.