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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Applicant:
The Governors of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA;
Inventors:
Anastasia Elias, Edmonton, CA;
Vivian Mushahwar, Edmonton, CA;
Walied Moussa, Edmonton, CA;
Cheng Cheng, Edmonton, CA;
Imad Khaled, Edmonton, CA;
Kathryn Todd, Edmonton, CA;
Assignee:
The Governors of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36103 (2013.01); A61B 5/04001 (2013.01); A61B 5/685 (2013.01); A61B 5/6877 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61B 2562/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible-base electrode array for implantation within neural tissue, method of making the electrode array and use thereof, is provided. A surrogate neural tissue, method of making same and use thereof, is further provided. The use of the present flexible-base electrode array for implantation into the surrogate neural tissue for stimulation or recording neural activity, wherein the array is biocompatible with the surrogate tissue.