THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
发明人:
SCHNEIDER, M. Bret,DEISSEROTH, Karl
申请号：
MYPI 2010006032
公开号：
MY156389A
申请日:
2009.06.17
申请国别(地区):
MY
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
STIMULATION OF TARGET CELLS USING LIGHT, E.G., IN VIVO, IS IMPLEMENTED USING A VARIETY OF METHODS AND DEVICES. IN ONE SUCH DEVICE, TARGET CELLS ARE STIMULATED USING AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE. THE DEVICE INCLUDES A LIGHT SOURCE FOR PRODUCING LIGHT FROM ELECTRICAL POWER. AN OPTICAL TRANSMISSION ELEMENT IS MADE FROM A MATERIAL THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSPARENT TO THE LIGHT FROM THE LIGHT SOURCE. THIS TRANSMISSION ELEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY ENCASES THE LIGHT SOURCE AT A PROXIMAL END. THE TRANSMISSION ELEMENT DELIVERS LIGHT FROM THE LIGHT SOURCE TO A DISTAL END. THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE TRANSMISSION ELEMENT FACILITATES IMPLANTING OF THE ELEMENT WITHIN A PATIENT. A FIXATION PORTION (312) PHYSICALLY COUPLES TO THE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION ELEMENT AND SECURES THE DEVICE TO THE PATIENT. A HEAT DISSIPATION PORTION REMOVES HEAT FROM THE NEAR OPTICAL TRANSMISSION ELEMENT AND THE LIGHT SOURCE AND DISSIPATES THE REMOVED HEAT THROUGH THE FIXATION PORTION (312). FIG. 2A
