Journal Article

FZJ-2020-04511

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Development and in vitro validation of flexible intraretinal probes

Rincón Montes, V.FZJ* ; Gehlen, J.FZJ* ; Ingebrandt, S. ; Mokwa, W. ; Walter, P. ; Müller, F.FZJ* ; Offenhäusser, A. (Corresponding author)FZJ*

2020
Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature [London]

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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/26200  doi:10.1038/s41598-020-76582-5

Abstract: The efforts to improve the treatment efficacy in blind patients with retinal degenerative diseases would greatly benefit from retinal activity feedback, which is lacking in current retinal implants. While the door for a bidirectional communication device that stimulates and records intraretinally has been opened by the recent use of silicon-based penetrating probes, the biological impact induced by the insertion of such rigid devices is still unknown. Here, we developed for the first time, flexible intraretinal probes and validated in vitro the acute biological insertion impact in mouse retinae compared to standard silicon-based probes. Our results show that probes based on flexible materials, such as polyimide and parylene-C, in combination with a narrow shank design 50 µm wide and 7 µm thick, and the use of insertion speeds as high as 187.5 µm/s will successfully penetrate the retina, reduce the footprint of the insertion to roughly 2 times the cross-section of the probe, and induce low dead cell counts, while keeping the vitality of the tissue and recording the neural activity at different depths.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Molekular- und Zellphysiologie (IBI-1)

Research Program(s):

1. 553 - Physical Basis of Diseases (POF3-553) (POF3-553)

Appears in the scientific report 2020

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