US 12,324,910 B2
Visual prosthesis employing ventricular or endovascular neural electrode arrays
Benjamin I. Rapoport, New York, NY (US); Demetrios Papageorgiou, Weston, MA (US); and Jason Chen, Melrose, MA (US)
Assigned to Precision Neuroscience Corporation, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Precision Neuroscience Corporation, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/981,765.
Application 17/585,961 is a division of application No. 16/408,721, filed on May 10, 2019, granted, now 11,406,814.
Application 17/981,765 is a continuation of application No. 17/585,961, filed on Jan. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,491,323.
Application 16/408,721 is a continuation of application No. 15/585,746, filed on May 3, 2017, granted, now 10,328,255.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/406,623, filed on Oct. 11, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/395,672, filed on Sep. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0201574 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/293 (2021.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01)
CPC A61N 1/0534 (2013.01) [A61B 5/293 (2021.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61N 1/0531 (2013.01); A61N 1/36046 (2013.01); A61N 1/3606 (2013.01); A61N 1/36064 (2013.01); A61N 1/36067 (2013.01); A61N 1/36071 (2013.01); A61N 1/37205 (2013.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable medical device for electrically stimulating portions of a brain, the implantable medical device comprising:
a conformal flexible substrate, comprising a first side and a second side, wherein:
the first side comprises a plurality of electrodes and is dimensioned so that the conformal flexible substrate is configured to be implanted into a fluid filled intracranial space proximate a portion of the brain, via a minimally invasive insertion technique, by inserting at least a portion of the implantable medical device through an opening in the patient's skull and moving the portion along an insertion path, away from the opening and along the patient's brain, such that the portion of the implantable medical device is initially positioned at a first portion of the brain immediately adjacent the opening and is subsequently implanted at a second portion of the brain, wherein the second portion of the brain is physically spaced from both the first portion of the brain and the opening in the patient's skull, and
wherein the conformal flexible substrate comprises a skeleton member having one or more loops, each loop further comprising a panel embedded therein, the skeleton member configured to conform to one or more surfaces of the fluid filled intracranial space; and
the plurality of electrodes, arranged in an array, fabricated on the conformal flexible substrate, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of electrodes is configured to apply an electrical stimulation to the portion of the brain responsive to the implantable medical device receiving an electrical signal from a second device.