SBIR/STTR Research Award
ELECTRODE PROSTHESIS
Award amount
$40,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Gentronix Laboratories, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A MERGER OF TECHNOLOGIES INVOLVING A) POLYMER FIBER OPTICS, B) POLYMER PHTHALOCYANI PHOTO VOLTAICS AND C) ELECTRODE CELL ADHESION SURFACES HAS RESULTED IN THE CONCEPT OF A NOVEL ELECTRODE PROSTHESIS WHICH USES FINE 5-10 W POLYMER OPTICAL FIBERS INSTEAD OF METAL WIRES. USING A PHOTO CONVERSION MECHANISM AT THEIR ENDS, THESE FIBERS CONVERT LIGHT ENERGY TO A NEGATIVE ELECTRICAL PULSE IN THE 100 MV RANGE. INTIMATE ATTACHMENT OF THESE FIBER ENDS TO TARGET CELLS BY USE OF NON-SPECIFIC (E.G., POLYLYSINE) OR SPECIFIC (MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY OR CELLS ADHESION MOLECULE) SURFACES ALLOWS THE TARGET CELLS TO BE FIRED. SUCH AN APPROACH ENHANCES THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH DENSITY ELECTRODE SYSTEMS AND SPECIFICITY THEREOF.
Technology keywords
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