Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical energy applicator
Patent
1994-12-23
1996-01-30
Sykes, Angela
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical energy applicator
128639, 128642, A61N 105, A61N 104
Patent
active
054877563
ABSTRACT:
An implantable cuff having an improved closure is disclosed. The closure has a set of small interdigitated tubes lying along the edges of a longitudinal slit opening in the cuff. A rod-like locking member is inserted through the interdigitated tubes to lock the cuff closed. A flexible flap attached to the inside of the cuff electrically and mechanically isolates the interior of the cuff from the exterior. The cuff has particular application as a nerve cuff for recording electrical nerve activity and for electrically stimulating nerves.
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Hoffer Joaquin A.
Kallesoe Klaus
Strange Kevin
Valenzuela Ignacio
Huang Stephen
Simon Fraser University
Sykes Angela
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