Robust thin film conductors and electrodes can be deposited on a variety of substrate materials using Microfusion™ Coating technology. Small flexible circuits can be customized to your medical device for applications in electrophysiology, neuromodulation, and cautery/ablation. An assortment of devices used to diagnose, monitor, treat or remove tissue require, not only the ability to carry current, but to efficiently deliver it into the targeted tissue. Additionally, new families of medical devices have been developed in recent years to directly stimulate nerve cells in various areas of the body to overcome conditions such as profound deafness, heart arrhythmia, motor dysfunction, urinary incontinence, and other debilitating conditions. These devices have a unique set of design requirements that must be addressed. The device must be as small as possible and may require flexibility to minimize the mechanical trauma due to both the initial deployment and the continuing presence of the device in the body. The device must be biocompatible to minimize any undesired response of the surrounding tissue. In addition, the device must be capable of efficiently passing charge into the adjacent tissue.

Implant Sciences' Microfused Coatings provide an optimal solution to these requirements. The patented ion assisted deposition technology produces dense, extremely well adhered coatings that can be selectively deposited to produce any pattern. Microfusion is used by several large device manufacturers to produce conformal electrodes with significantly greater durability and charge injection capacity. This would allow the battery and the entire finished device to be reduced considerably in size and to enjoy significant gains in overall lifetime before replacement, either of which would reduce overall patient trauma. Shaped, low contact resistance electrodes can be designed to meet your sensing and stimulation requirements. Please call to discuss a customized coating solution for your specific conductive coating or thin film electrode need.

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