Patent ID: 8457762

Claim:
Electrode bundle for implantation by insertion into soft tissue comprising two or more electrically independent electrodes each having a front and rear end aligned in parallel, the front ends forming the front end of the bundle and the rear ends forming the rear end of the bundle, each electrode comprising (a) an oblong electrically conducting electrode element having a front end and a rear end, (b) an anchoring element having a free end and a second end joined to the electrode element at the front end or a portion thereof intermediate between the front end and the rear end, the anchoring element forming an angle α with the electrode element of from 0° to 60° and extending in the direction of the rear end thereof, (c) a plurality of electrical conductors each of which is attached to a different one of said two or more electrodes at the rear end thereof, and (d) an element bundling the electrodes disposed between the anchoring element and the rear end.