Patent ID: 8781600

Claim:
An electrode array assembly, said assembly comprising: a carrier, said carrier formed from material that is flexible and having first and second opposed faces, said carrier formed so as to define at least one recess that extends inwardly from the first face; a control module for regulating the operation of or monitoring the signal present at at least one electrode, said control module being disposed in the recess of said carrier; a first layer of insulating material disposed over at least the first face of said carrier and said control module, said first layer of insulating material being formed out of material that is electrically insulating and that is more flexible than said carrier, said first layer of electrically insulating material having an outer surface that is spaced from the first face of said carrier; a plurality of spaced apart electrodes mounted to said first layer of insulating material so that when the outer surface of said layer is disposed against tissue, said electrodes are in electrical contact with the tissue; at least one first conductor disposed in said first layer of insulating material so as to extend across said carrier wherein, at least a portion of said at least one first conductor is contained in said first layer of insulating material so as to be spaced above the first face of said carrier and said at least one first conductor is connected to said control module to function as a conductor over which signals or power are forwarded to or exchanged with said control module; and at least one second conductor at least partially contained in said first layer so as to electrically connect said control module to said electrode