Ultra-Compliant Transverse lntrafascicular Electrode Arrays for Electro-Pharmaceutics

Abstract

The project is an advanced study to create ultra-compliant thin-film transverse intrafascicular multichannel electrodes that interface locally and intimately to fascicles in the peripheral nervous system (PNS), specifically targeting the human vagus nerve. The final goal is to provide a coupled design and fabrication technology for PNS multi-probe arrays that supports both recording and stimulation, is selective to specific fascicles, is scalable in electrode count and location to cover the entire cross section of major branches of the vagus nerve, has low invasiveness after insertion relative to competing intrafascicular probes, and whose functionality is validated through in vitro and ex vivo testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 2017
Accession Number
AD1038641

Entities

People

  • Gary K. Fedder

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ceramic Matrix Composites
  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Coatings
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Electrical Impedance
  • Experimental Design
  • Fabrication
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Peripheral Nervous System
  • Sciatic Nerve
  • Stress Concentration
  • Stress Strain Relations

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  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Neuroscience