Polyimide based shaft electrodes were coated with a bioresorbable layer to stiffen them for intracortical insertion and to reduce the mechanical mismatch between the target tissue and the implanted device after degradation of the coating. Molten saccharose was used as coating material. In a proof-of-concept study, the electrodes were implanted into the cortex of Wistar rats and the insertion forces during implantation were recorded. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was performed immediately after implantation and up to 13 weeks after implantation to monitor the tissue response to the implanted electrodes. The recorded spectra were modeled with an equivalent circuit to differentiate the influence of the single components. In one rat, a peak in the encapsulation resistance was observable after two weeks of implantation, indicating the peak of the acute inflammatory response. In another rat, the lowest resistances were observed after four weeks, indicating the termination of the acute inflammatory response. Multiunit activity was recorded with an adequate signal to noise ratio to allow spike sorting. Histology was performed after 7, 45 and 201 days of implantation. The results showed the highest tissue reaction after 45 days and confirmed impedance data that acute inflammatory reactions terminate over time.
Within this study, polyimide based shaft electrodes were fabricated and dip-coated in molten saccharose to stiffen them for insertion into the brain tissue. These electrodes were then implanted successfully into the cortex of whistar rats and the insertion force during implantation was recorded. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was performed immediately after implantation and in regular time intervals up to 201 days after implantation to monitor the tissue response to the implanted electrodes. Depending on the measured electrode pairs and the rats, the impedance spectra behaved different over time. Either they showed a constant decrease in impedance at 1 kHz, or they showed an initial decrease to increase again later. Furthermore, physiological signal recording was performed by stimulating the rats with acoustic signals and simultaneously recording the response on the different electrode sites. Multi-unit activity was detected until 37 days after implantation with an averaged signal-to-noise ratio of 2 to 4.
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