US 12,336,822 B2
Methods of making flexible electrodes
Lauren Anne Costella, Roanoke, VA (US); Christopher K. Tison, Roanoke, VA (US); Melissa Skoff, Roanoke, VA (US); David Remer, Roanoke, VA (US); and Kelsey Broderick, Roanoke, VA (US)
Assigned to LUNA LABS USA, LLC, Charlottesville, VA (US)
Appl. No. 17/435,850
Filed by LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED, Roanoke, VA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/021305
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/181155, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/814,385, filed on Mar. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151530 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/263 (2021.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); D01D 5/00 (2006.01); D04H 1/4334 (2012.01); D04H 1/728 (2012.01); D06M 11/83 (2006.01); D06M 15/233 (2006.01); D06M 15/356 (2006.01); D06M 101/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/263 (2021.01) [A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); D01D 5/0076 (2013.01); D04H 1/4334 (2013.01); D04H 1/728 (2013.01); D06M 11/83 (2013.01); D06M 15/233 (2013.01); D06M 15/3568 (2013.01); A61B 2562/125 (2013.01); D06M 2101/34 (2013.01); D10B 2403/02431 (2013.01); D10B 2509/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49117 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making a flexible electrode comprising the steps of:
(a) electrospinning a nanofiber mat comprised of a nonwoven mass of polymeric nanofibers;
(b) depositing a conductive component on or within the nanofiber mat; and
(c) photolithographically forming electrical traces on or within the nanofiber mat.