US 11,813,453 B2
Visual cortical prosthesis
Robert J. Greenberg, Los Angeles, CA (US); Neil H. Talbot, La Crescenta, CA (US); Proyag Datta, Thousand Oaks, CA (US); Dustin Tobey, San Dimas, CA (US); David Daomin Zhou, Saugus, CA (US); and Jessy Dorn, Pasadena, CA (US)
Assigned to Cortigent, Inc., Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/733,581.
Application 16/733,581 is a division of application No. 15/845,000, filed on Dec. 18, 2017, granted, now 10,549,096.
Application 15/845,000 is a division of application No. 15/154,757, filed on May 13, 2016, granted, now 9,861,820, issued on Jan. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/161,134, filed on May 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0147386 A1, May 14, 2020
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3606 (2013.01) [A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61N 1/0531 (2013.01); A61N 1/36046 (2013.01); A61N 1/3758 (2013.01); A61N 1/36135 (2013.01); A61N 1/37217 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A visual prosthesis comprising:
an implanted portion including an implanted coil, electronics package, and a plurality of electrodes adapted to stimulate neural tissue of the visual cortex, the implanted coil affixed directly to the skull and transferring power and data to the electronics package and the electronics package driving the electrodes, the electronics package is housed within a metal cranial socket which is affixed directly to the skull, and includes a metal cover plate wherein the metal cranial socket and metal cover plate protect the implant in the case of a blow to the head; and
an external portion including a video processor, a pair of glasses adapted to be supported by a user's nose and ears, the glasses including an adjustable support arm extending from the glasses adapted to hold an external coil on the back of the head in close proximity to the implanted coil when implanted, the external coil suppling power and data to the implanted coil.