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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Robert J. Greenberg, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Neil Talbot, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Proyag Datta, Castaic, CA (US);
Dustin Tobey, Glendora, CA (US);
Dao Min Zhou, Saugus, CA (US);
Jessy Dorn, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention consists of an implantable device with a hermetic electronics package that houses electronics. The hermetic package is attached to a flexible circuit electrode array having its electrodes arranged in a trapezoidal electrode array field that is suitable to stimulate the visual cortex. The hermetic electronics package is provided with a fixation structure that secures, protects and dissipates heat from the electronics package. The entire implantable device can be entirely implanted within the head.