IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE ARRAY ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A CARRIER WITH EMBEDDED CONTROL MODULES CONTAINED IN PACKAGES, THE PACKAGES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY SO AS TO EXTEND OVER THE CARRIER

摘要

An implantable electrode array that includes a carrier on which multiple spaced apart electrodes are disposed. Embedded in the module are control modules. The control modules are contained in packages. Portions of the packages extend outwardly from the carrier so as to be disposed against adjacent surfaces of the carrier. The packages contain conductive tracts that provide conductive links from the conductors internal to the carrier to the packaged control modules.