ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,167, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Neuralink Corp. (Fremont, Calif.).
"Polymer enclosure with wire passthrough for implantable device" was invented by Ik Soo Kwon (San Francisco), Dongjin Seo (San Francisco) and John W.F. To (Castro Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable device and method of manufacture include a substantially hermetic polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) enclosure with closely-spaced wires extending through a slit in the enclosure. A method for manufacturing the implantable device includes cutting a slit in a piece of polymer and extending a plurality of insulated wires through the slit. Ea...