Patent ID: 8862235

Claim:
An implantable device adapted for implant in a body comprising: a single hermetically sealed housing; communication and control electronics contained within the housing and adapted to, at least, receive and transmit telemetry signals; an energy source contained within the housing and adapted to provide energy to the electronics; a flexible conduit having a proximal end integrally mounted and bonded together with said housing to form a unitary structure therewith, said flexible conduit in electrical communication with the electronics, said flexible conduit extending from the housing and having a distal end having an array base comprising a plurality of electrically conductive protuberances mounted thereon, the protuberances having a tip portion adapted to contact the motor cortex and sensory cortex of a brain for monitoring signals from selected sites of the motor cortex and providing stimulation signals to selected sites of the sensory cortex; and wherein said electronics being further adapted to receive such monitored signals and to provide such stimulation signals.