Patent ID: 11957897
Assignee: nan
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 6:
7. A method for interacting with living tissue comprising:
attaching a device to a body of a person or animal, the device comprising a plurality of single wall nanotube carbon fibers in contact with the living tissue, each single wall nanotube carbon fiber adapted to receive electrical signals from the living tissue, wherein at least some of the single wall nanotube carbon fibers are adapted to receive electrical signals from pyramidal layers II to VI of a brain cortex region;
receiving by the plurality of carbon fibers signals from the living tissue;
processing the received signals by the device;
transmitting the processed signals;
receiving digital data representing signals to be applied to the living tissue and outputting control signals representing the signals to be applied to the living tissue;
receiving, at a plurality of light sources, the control signals and outputting optical signals representing the control signals; and
applying the optical signals to the living tissue with a plurality of optical fibers, wherein the optical fibers are coated with single walled carbon nanotubes which adapt the optical fibers to receive electrical signals from the living tissue, wherein at least some of the optical fibers are adapted to receive electrical signals from pyramidal layers II to VI of a brain cortex region.