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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2010
Robert H. Blick, Madison, WI (US);
Justin Williams, Cambridge, WI (US);
Minrui Yu, Madison, WI (US);
Yu Huang, Madison, WI (US);
Robert H. Blick, Madison, WI (US);
Justin Williams, Cambridge, WI (US);
Minrui Yu, Madison, WI (US);
Yu Huang, Madison, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A scaffold for neurons consists of tubes sized to promote neural growth through the tubes. The tubes may be fixed to a substrate providing electrical or optical paths out from the interior of the tubes from sensors or stimulating probes at one or more locations along the length of the coaxial axons. Steering electrodes at spaces between tubes may be used to selectively promote the growth of interconnections of different axons in a one, two, or three-dimensional fashion.