Stretchable Conductors Based on SCBI Technology on Silicones for Implantable Medical Devices

Soft conductive materials give significant advantages in neuro-electronic interfaces since they are able to comply and closely adhere to the soft neural tissues. Nevertheless not only is far from trivial to make soft conductive materials with appropriate performances, but it is a further challenge to interface them with hard electronic devices on one side and to achieve the required compliance to use in implantable medical devices on the other. Wise over the last decade managed to travel this route and to reach the market with its neuromonitoring devices based on the proprietary SCBI technology. The milestones of this journey and the opportunities opened by the technology will be presented.