Electrode for medical applications
First Claim
1. An electrode for medical applications comprising an electrically conductive carrier material and a porous layer defining an active region, said porous layer being of a material comprised of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a carbide, nitride or carbonitride of at least one of the metals titanium, vanadium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, hafnium, tantalum or tungsten, said porous layer having a layer thickness between one micron and one hundred microns.
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Abstract
In order to expand the availability of effective and usable electrodes for medical applications, an electrode is proposed which is comprised of an electrically conductive carrier material and of a porous layer in its active region which is composed of a carbide, nitride or carbonitride of one of the metals titanium, vanadium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, hafnium, tantalum or tungsten.
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16 Claims
- 1. An electrode for medical applications comprising an electrically conductive carrier material and a porous layer defining an active region, said porous layer being of a material comprised of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a carbide, nitride or carbonitride of at least one of the metals titanium, vanadium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, hafnium, tantalum or tungsten, said porous layer having a layer thickness between one micron and one hundred microns.
- 12. An electrode system for medical applications comprising an implantable stimulation electrode, said implantable stimulation electrode comprising an electrically conductive carrier material and at least one active region formed of a porous exposed layer exposed to bodily fluids, said porous exposed layer being of a material formed of at least one compound having the formula MeX, where Me is at least one of the metals selected from the group consisting essentially of titanium, vanadium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, hafnium, tantalum and tungsten, and where X is selected from the group consisting essentially of at least one of carbon and nitrogen, said porous exposed layer having a layer thickness permeable to bodily fluids which is between about one micron and about one hundred microns in depth.
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