Abstract:
A sensor assembly (10) has a substrate (12) with first and second opposite surfaces (14, 16), at least one analyte sensor (18) positioned on the first surface (14), and at least one electrical contact (20) positioned on second surface (16) and in electrical communication with a corresponding one of the at least one analyte sensor (18). The substrate is formed to define a tube (22) having a single linear seam (38), wherein said first surface (14) is the exterior surface (30') and said second surface (16) is the interior surface (28') of the tube, and the at least one analyte sensor (18) is disposed on the exterior surface (30'). The sensor assembly further comprises an outer cannula (52) surrounding the tube (22) to define a fluid receiving annulus (54), wherein the tube (22) has a cap (46') for preventing fluid from entering the interior of the tube.
Abstract:
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting device includes at least one LED assembly (120-a - 120-l) comprising a substrate and two or more LEDs (121-a - 121-l) configured to generate light spaced apart along the substrate. A cured structural coating is disposed on at least a portion of the LED assembly, wherein the cured structural coating is configured to maintain the LED assembly in a predetermined shape. The substrate of the LED assembly may comprise an elongated and/or flexible substrate.
Abstract:
The neural interface system of one embodiment includes a cylindrical shaft, a lateral extension longitudinally coupled to at least a portion of the shaft and having a thickness less than a diameter of the shaft, and an electrode array arranged on the lateral extension and radially offset from the shaft, including electrode sites that electrically interface with their surroundings. The method of one embodiment for making the neural interface system includes forming a planar polymer substrate with at least one metallization layer, patterning on at least one metallization layer an electrode array on a first end of the substrate, patterning conductive traces on at least one metallization layer, rolling a portion of the substrate toward the first end of the substrate, and securing the rolled substrate into a shaft having the first end of the substrate laterally extending from the shaft and the electrode array radially offset from the shaft.
Abstract:
The present invention has for its object to provide a flexible circuit board and a method for production thereof in which in cases where elastic wiring in movable parts of a robot, etc., is required, the wiring can be made to expand and contract with a simple arrangement, and at the same time, the circuit board is excellent in weight reduction as well as size reduction, and breaking or disconnection and exfoliation of a wiring layer do not take place easily, even in cases where the circuit board is deformed in a repeated manner. The present invention resides in a flexible circuit board (1) which has an insulating film (2) made of a thermoplastic resin, a wiring layer (3A) formed on said insulating film, and an insulating layer (4) made of a thermoplastic resin and formed on said wiring layer (3A), and which is characterized in that a spiral part (5) shaped into a spiral shape is provided in at least a part of said flexible circuit board, and said flexible circuit board is constructed to be expandable and contractable, and/ or torsionally deformable in said spiral part (5).
Abstract:
An apparatus including an elongate structure including integrated electronic circuitry providing at least an electronic user interface wherein the elongate structure is flexible and is configured to be flexed lengthwise by a user to form a looped configuration in which the elongate structure forms at least one lengthwise loop about an axis and in which at least one electrical connection for the electronic circuitry is formed where a first portion of the elongate structure and a second portion of the elongate structure contact.
Abstract:
A device (100) for invasive use, comprising a support member (101) comprising a flexible material. The support member (101) comprises a layer of a conductive line or pattern (117) thereon. The support member (101) is formed into an elongated tube shape, and the inside of the support member (101) can be sealed from the outside of the support member (101). An electrically conductive line or pattern (117) extends on the inside of the tube shaped support member (101), and the support member (101) may comprise a sensing, stimulating and/or processing element (111, 113, 200, 201). Furthermore, there is described a manufacturing method for the device (100), a system where the device (100) is a part of the system and the use of the device (100) for invasive use.
Abstract:
The apparatus includes a flexible printed wiring device (18) having a region sized to receive the electronic component (10) and a channel (28) disposed within the flexible printed wiring device. The channel has an inlet end (32) and an outlet end (34) and has an orifice (36) disposed therein. The inlet end receives a fluid, the fluid is distributed to the orifice via the channel and the orifice directs the fluid towards the region, so that the fluid is in direct contact with the electronic component when the electronic component is disposed in the region.