US 12,186,570 B2
Branched proximal connectors for high density neural interfaces
Bo Lu, South San Francisco, CA (US); and Kedar Shah, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Verily Life Sciences LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Verily Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,457.
Application 17/847,457 is a continuation of application No. 16/658,596, filed on Oct. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,395,923.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/768,562, filed on Nov. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323773 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/09 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3754 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); H01L 24/46 (2013.01); H05K 1/092 (2013.01); H05K 1/115 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A thin-film lead assembly comprising:
a cable comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a first supporting structure that extends from the proximal end to the distal end, and a plurality of conductive traces formed on a portion of the first supporting structure;
an electrode assembly formed on the first supporting structure at the distal end of the cable, wherein the electrode assembly comprises one or more electrodes in electrical connection with one or more conductive traces of the plurality of conductive traces; and
a branched connector comprising: (i) a main body comprising a second supporting structure and a plurality of conductive connector traces, and (ii) a plurality of plugs extending from the main body, each plug of the plurality of plugs comprises the second supporting structure and a subset of conductive connecting traces from the plurality of conductive connecting traces,
wherein each trace from the subset of conductive connecting traces terminates at a bond pad exposed on a surface of the second supporting structure, and
wherein the plurality of conductive connector traces of the branched connector are in electrical contact with the plurality of conductive traces of the cable, respectively.