发明名称 |
Nanotube coatings for implantable electrodes |
摘要 |
Coatings for implantable electrodes consisting of single-or multi-walled nanotubes, nanotube ropes, carbon whiskers, and a combination of these are described. The nanotubes can be carbon or other conductive nanotube-forming materials such as a carbon-doped boron nitride. The nanotube coatings are grown "in situ" on a catalytic substrate surface from thermal decomposition, or they are bonded to the substrate using a metal or conductive metal oxide thin film binder deposited by means of a metal compound precursor in liquid form. In the latter case, the precursor/nanotube coating is then converted to a pure metal or conductive metal oxide, resulting in the desired surface coating with imbedded nanotubes. <IMAGE> |
申请公布号 |
EP1424095(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2004.06.02 |
申请号 |
EP20030257446 |
申请日期 |
2003.11.26 |
申请人 |
GREATBATCH-HITTMAN, INCORPORATED |
发明人 |
O'BRIEN, ROBERT C.;FRYSZ, CHRISTINE |
分类号 |
A61B5/0408;A61B5/0478;A61B5/0492;A61L31/00;A61N1/05;A61N1/08;A61N1/34;B21C37/00;(IPC1-7):A61N1/05;C23C16/00 |
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A61B5/0408 |
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