To Benefit Paralyzed Veterans, Polymer Coating Aims To Extend Life of Microelectrodes
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)With the support of a four-year $1.2 million grant from The Department of Veterans Affairs, an interdisciplinary team of engineers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute aims to create a polymer coating that could potentially be capable of reducing the body’s inflammatory response following the implantation of electrodes.