ÉLECTRODE D'INTERFACE NERVEUSE AVEC DES FIBRES COMPRENANT UN POLYMÈRE ÉTANT RIGIDE À L'EXTÉRIEUR D'UN NERF ET FLEXIBLE DANS UN NERF ET UN PROCÉDÉ POUR FOURNIR DE TELLES FIBRES
A nerve interface (100) electrode has a plurality of fibers (104). Each fiber has a nonconductive sheath (108) surrounding a conducting wire (106). A conducting region (105) of each wire is exposed. The fibers are configured for insertion between fascicles of a nerve. Each sheath is formed by a layer of polymer material configured to switch from a high strength/tensile modulus state to a low strength/tensile modulus state upon introduction into a nerve.