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Electrode design method, electrode manufacturing method and electrode

Filed by Chinese Institute for Brain Research and NeuCyber NeuroTech, first in 2025.

Granted · CNView in Espacenet
Earliest priority
9 Jul 2025 · China
Status
A grant was published in China, first on 24 Mar 2026
Published in
China
Registered as
INST FOR BRAIN SCIENCE AND BRAIN · 北京脑科学与类脑研究所 · BEIJING XINZHIDA NERVE TECH CO LTD · 北京芯智达神经技术有限公司
Inventors
罗敏敏 · 张垒 · 孙雪婷
Family
DOCDB 96637142 · 2 publications

What it concerns

The invention discloses an electrode design method, a manufacturing method and an electrode. The electrode design method comprises the following steps: acquiring medical image data and a neural signal decoding demand; constructing a target cerebral cortex model according to the medical image data; according to the neural signal decoding requirement and the target cerebral cortex model, electrode parameters are determined; and determining an electrode mask file according to the electrode parameters. The technical problem that an electrode in the prior art cannot meet personalized customization requirements in different medical scenes is solved.

The abstract as published by the patent office, from CN120470808A. It describes the invention; it is not a statement of what is protected.

Protection themes

  • Interface and electrodes

    Electrodes and arrays

  • Decoding

    Neural decoding

What the filing appears to be about, read by published rules from its title, abstract and classification codes. The claims define what a patent protects, and they are not read here.

Why it matters

Interface and electrodes
Everything downstream works with what the contacts pick up. Their number, size and distance from the neurons set the ceiling on the signal. The problem behind it: more contacts, closer to neurons, that still record after years in tissue that reacts to them.
Decoding
This is the step that turns brain activity into a command or a word. Its accuracy and speed are what a user experiences. The problem behind it: accuracy that holds over months without frequent recalibration, for more than one user and one task.

Why the layer matters to the field, not a judgement of this filing. A patent family shows that protection was sought. It does not show that the technology was built, is used in a product, or works in people. The whole stack

The family

One invention, published 2 times in 1 office. Each publication opens in Espacenet.

Timeline

  1. 9 Jul 2025First filingEarliest priority, at China. The family is counted in this year.
  2. 12 Aug 2025First publicationCN120470808A, China.
  3. 24 Mar 2026Grant publishedCN120470808B, China.

Dates as the offices published them. Office records are in the offices' own words and are a selection: refusals, lapses and withdrawals, and records that name an owner. Each concerns one member of the family, not the family as a whole, and another member in the same office may stand. Whether a patent is in force today is not assessed.

Sources

  • Bibliographic data, family members and office records: European Patent Office, Open Patent Services (the DOCDB and INPADOC databases), read 7 Oct 2026.
  • The record itself, with its claims and description: CN120470808A in Espacenet
  • Counted as a BCI patent family: uses the field's wording; filed by 北京芯智达神经技术有限公司, an organisation already in the graph; describes neural hardware or methods without naming the field. How families are found and judged