NDLI: A Flexible Depth Probe Using Liquid Crystal Polymer

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Author	Sung Eun Lee Sang Beom Jun Hyun Joo Lee Jinhyung Kim Seung Woo Lee Changkyun Im Hyung-Cheul Shin Jin Woo Chang Sung June Kim
Copyright Year	1964
Abstract	We proposed a method of making a flexible depth-type neural probe using liquid crystal polymer. Conventional depth neural probes made of metal or silicon have the limitations of a single recording site per shank or the brittleness of the silicon substrate. To avoid these drawbacks, polymer-based depth neural probes have been developed with biocompatible polymers such as polyimides or parylenes. However, those have suffered from the difficulty of inserting the probes into brain tissues due to their high flexibility, requiring mechanical reinforcements. Herein, we report the first attempt to use a flexible material, liquid crystal polymer (LCP), as a substrate for a depth-type neural probe. The LCP-based probe offers a controllable stiffness vs. flexibility and compatibility with thin-film processes in addition to its inherent characteristics such as high reliability and biocompatibility. In the present study, an LCP neural probe was fabricated to have enough stiffness to penetrate the dura mater of rodent brains without a guide tool or additional reinforcement structures. A simultaneous multichannel neural recording was successfully achieved from the somatosensory motor cortex of the rodents. Immunohistochemistry showed that the electrodes could be inserted into the desired regions in the brain.
Sponsorship	IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Page Count	10
File Size	1617689
Starting Page	2085
Ending Page	2094
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189294
Volume Number	59
Issue Number	7
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-07-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Probes Electrodes Force Silicon Educational institutions In vivo Liquid crystal polymers polymer-based depth probe Liquid crystal polymer (LCP) neural depth probe
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Biomedical Engineering

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