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| 20100100165 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING ELECTRODES FOR STIMULATION LEAD - In one embodiment, a method, of fabricating a stimulation lead for stimulating tissue of a patient, comprises: providing a lead body, the lead body comprising a plurality of conductors embedded within insulating material; providing a plurality of terminals; electrically coupling the plurality of terminals with the plurality of conductors; providing a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes comprising a plurality of substantially continuous longitudinal trenches on a surface of the electrodes, the electrodes comprising areas of reflow material forming microstructures substantially continuously along walls of the longitudinal trenches; and electrically coupling the plurality of electrodes with the plurality of conductors. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110072657 | METHOD OF FABRICATING STIMULATION LEAD FOR APPLYING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO TISSUE OF A PATIENT - In one embodiment, a method of fabrication of a stimulation lead for electrical stimulation of tissue of a patient, the method comprises: providing a substrate of non-conductive material for a stimulation portion of the stimulation lead; processing the substrate to create a plurality of recessed features into a surface of the substrate, wherein the plurality of recessed features comprise a plurality of paths for electrical traces and a plurality of surfaces for electrodes with each of the surfaces being connected to one of the traces; providing first conductive material over the surface of the substrate; subjecting the surface of the substrate to mechanical processing to remove conductive material from portions of the substrate disposed above the plurality of recessed features, wherein each respective connected electrode and trace is electrically isolated from the other electrodes and traces after the mechanical processing; electrically plating second conductive material over the first conductive material; providing insulative material over the plurality of electrical traces; and electrically connecting conductive material of electrical traces with conductor wires of a lead body. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110072659 | MEDICAL LEADS WITH SEGMENTED ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF FABRICATION THEREOF - In one embodiment, a method of fabrication of a stimulation lead comprising a plurality of segmented electrodes for stimulation of tissue of a patient, the method comprises: providing an elongated, substantially cylindrical substrate, the substrate comprising a plurality of recesses defined in an outer surface of the substrate; coating the substrate with conductive material; patterning conductive material on the substrate to form a plurality of electrode surfaces for at least the plurality of segmented electrodes and a plurality of traces connected to the plurality of electrode surfaces, wherein each electrode surface and its corresponding trace are defined in the recesses on the outer surface of the substrate and are electrically isolated from other electrode surfaces and traces; providing insulative material over at least the plurality of traces; and electrically coupling the plurality of traces to conductive wires of a lead body. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077699 | MEDICAL LEADS WITH SEGMENTED ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF FABRICATION THEREOF - In one embodiment, a method of fabrication of a stimulation lead comprising a plurality of segmented electrodes for stimulation of tissue of a patient, the method comprises: providing a substrate comprising (i) a substantially cylindrical body and (ii) a plurality of projections extending radially from the cylindrical body; coating the substrate with first conductive material; patterning the first conductive material on the cylindrical body into a plurality of traces, the plurality of traces extending along the cylindrical body and electrically contacting conductive material about the plurality of projections; providing an insulative layer over the traces; coating the insulative layer over the traces with second conductive material; patterning the second conductive material to form at least a plurality of electrode surfaces including a plurality of segmented electrodes, the segmented electrodes being in electrical contact with conductive material on projections of the plurality of projections; and electrically coupling the plurality of traces to conductive wires of a lead body. | 03-31-2011 |
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| 20110043833 | ENHANCED IMAGING WITH ADJUSTED IMAGE SWATH WIDTHS - A method for forming an image comprising a first halftone image having a first screen angle and a second halftone image having a second screen angle. A recording head forms a plurality of image swaths. Each swath is merged with another swath at a merge line. A row of cells in the first halftone image is selected and a first sub-scan pitch of the cells in the row cells is determined. A first sub-scan spacing between two adjacent merge lines in the first group of swaths is equal to an integer multiple of a first sub-scan pitch. A row of cells in the second halftone image is selected and a second sub-scan pitch of the second cells in the row of second unit cells is determined. The recording head is reconfigured by disabling at least one of the recording channels forms the second halftone image. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043862 | DETERMINATION OF OPTIMUM MERGE LINE LOCATIONS - A method for forming a halftone image on recording media includes providing a recording head comprising a plurality of individually addressable recording channels. The recording head forms a plurality of image swaths, with each swath formed during a separate scan. A plurality of locations is identified within a representative unit cell of the halftone image. A quantified value for each location is determined based on a sub-scan misalignment associated with a proposed merging of two image swaths at the location corresponding to the quantified value. A merge location is selected from the plurality of locations, corresponding to a desired quantified values. The recording head forms the halftone image on the recording media while merging a first image swath and a second image swath at the selected merge location within a first unit cell of the halftone image. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110044555 | MERGING OF IMAGE PIXEL ARRANGEMENTS - A method for reducing visible artifacts includes operating recording channels to form image pixel arrangements comprising a plurality of image pixel columns. Each column extends along a first direction and each image pixel has a size L in a second direction. The recording channels form a first image pixel arrangement and the arrangement includes a first set of M image pixel columns. Image pixels in the first set of M image pixel columns are formed in accordance with first image data. Second image data is modified to include the first image data. Second image pixel arrangement are formed and include a second set of M image pixel columns. A distance between the first set of M image pixel columns and the second set of M image pixel columns is adjusted such that the first set of M image pixel columns is overlapped by the second set of M image pixel columns. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110044556 | MERGING IMAGE PIXELS BASED ON MAIN-SCAN MISALIGNMENT - A method for reducing visible artifacts among image pixels formed on recording media by a plurality of individually addressable recording channels includes operating the recording channels to form a plurality of image pixel arrangements, wherein each image pixel arrangement comprises a plurality of image pixel columns extending along a first direction. The image pixels columns in each image pixel arrangement are arranged along a second direction that intersects the first direction. The recording channels form a first image pixel arrangement on the recording media and overlap a first image pixel column with a second image pixel column by an amount along the second direction that is determined based at least on a misalignment along the first direction between two of the image pixel arrangements. | 02-24-2011 |
