Title:
IMPROVED BIOMATERIALS FOR NEURONAL IMPLANTS AND USE OF SAID BIOMATERIALS IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF NEURONAL DISEASES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/055622
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a neural implant comprising a biomaterial having an outer surface with a stochastic nanoroughness (Rq), and the application of said stochastic nanoroughness in the diagnosis and/or treatment of a neurological disorder, such as, for example, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, glioblastoma and/or for disrupting and/or preventing glial scars in the context of mammalian mechanosensing ion channels selected from the family of PIEZO-1 and PIEZO-2 ion channels.
Inventors:
SHASTRI PRASAD (DE)
BLUMENTHAL NILS (DE)
BLUMENTHAL NILS (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2015/073426
Publication Date:
June 23, 2016
Filing Date:
October 09, 2015
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Assignee:
ALBERT LUDWIGS UNIVERSITÄT FREIBURG (DE)
International Classes:
A61L27/50; A61B5/04; A61L27/36; A61N1/04; G01N33/50; G01N33/68
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT (Pettenkoferstrasse 20 - 22, Munich, DE)
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