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Neural electrode

  • US 20070043411A1
  • Filed: 08/17/2005
  • Published: 02/22/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for applying a signal to a nerve for the treatment of a disorder, said apparatus comprising:

  • a main electrode body of biocompatible dielectric material and having a concave upper surface and an opposite lower surface, said concave upper surface curving about an axis and having a curvature sized to receive a nerve within said concave surface with an axis of said nerve substantially parallel with an axis of said concave surface;

    an electrode contact of electrically conductive material secured to said main electrode body and having an electrode contact surface exposed on said concave surface;

    said concave surface terminating at opposite first and second upper ends, said electrode contact having a first end near said first end of said concave surface;

    a secondary electrode body of biocompatible dielectric material attached to said first upper end of said concave surface;

    an electrode lead having an electrical conductor surrounded by a biocompatible insulative coating with both said conductor and said coating flexible relative to a longitudinal axis of said lead;

    a first end of said lead secured to said secondary electrode body and with a first end of said conductor electrically connected to said first end of said electrode contact.

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