Method of making a nerve electrode array
First Claim
1. A method of making a nerve electrode array, which comprises the steps of:
- forming an electrically insulative helix having a plurality of spiral bands, each spanning 360°
, and a lengthwise member further linking the bands together,securing an electrically conductive filament in one of the bands for electrical connection to a lead wire at a site removed from the linking member, andsevering each of the bands at a point away from the linking member whereby each band remains linked to the member and may be spread open for mounting the array about the nerve.
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Abstract
A method of making a nerve electrode is performed by forming an electrically insulative resilient array having an elongate backbone member with a plurality of spaced-apart substantially parallel bands, each spanning 360°, linked together by the backbone member and skewed from a direction normal to the backbone member; providing non-aligned single openings in the bands to render each of them incomplete with the remaining segments of each band linked by the backbone member and adapted to be spread apart to mount the array over the nerve and, when released, to resiliently close about the nerve; and securing an electrically conductive filament within at least one of the bands.
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1. A method of making a nerve electrode array, which comprises the steps of:
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forming an electrically insulative helix having a plurality of spiral bands, each spanning 360°
, and a lengthwise member further linking the bands together,securing an electrically conductive filament in one of the bands for electrical connection to a lead wire at a site removed from the linking member, and severing each of the bands at a point away from the linking member whereby each band remains linked to the member and may be spread open for mounting the array about the nerve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of making a nerve electrode, which comprises the steps of:
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forming an electrically insulative resilient array having an elongate backbone member with a plurality of spaced-apart substantially parallel loops, each spanning 360°
, linked together by the backbone member and skewed from a direction normal to the backbone member;providing non-aligned single openings in the loops to render each of them incomplete with the remaining segments of each loop linked by the backbone member and adapted to be spread apart to mount the array over the nerve and, when released, to resiliently close about the nerve; and securing an electrically conductive filament within at least one of the loops. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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