Patent ID: 9095267
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A neural microarray, comprising: a base member configured to be sufficiently flexible to bend around the curvature of neural tissue; a plurality of elongate shafts extending from the base member, the elongate shafts each having a sidewall, a channel therethrough; and a plurality of sites in communication with the channel and spaced apart along the sidewall; and a plurality of microfilaments housed within the channel of the plurality of elongate shafts and extending proximally from at least the base member and at least one of the microfilaments each extending distally out each of the plurality of sites, wherein each of the microfilaments are configured to stimulate tissue or record a tissue parameter, wherein the base member has a major axis that is transverse to the major axis of the plurality of the elongate shafts, wherein a thickness dimension of the base member parallel to the major axis of the plurality of the elongate shafts is no more than about 10 times the average diameter of the plurality of microfilaments.