A lead (1) for an active implantable medical device (99) comprising: an elongated, biocompatible, electrically non-conductive body (3) having a centre section (4) between a first portion (7) and a body extension (11); a plurality of electrical connectors (6) at the first portion (7); a plurality of electrodes (8) at a second portion (9) of the elongated body (3), wherein the second portion (9) is between the centre section (4) and the body extension (11); and a plurality of electrically conductive filaments (5) inside the elongated body (3) to connect the electrical connectors (6) to corresponding electrodes (8), wherein each of the plurality of electrically conductive filaments (5) include corresponding filament extension sections (13) in the body extension (11).

A wrappable electrode includes a flexible covering and a lead wire connecting the electrode to a stimulating device. The wrappable electrode further includes an adhesive layer to enable attachment to the skin of a patient and an inert conductive layer to which the lead wire is electrically coupled. The electrode is sized to be wrapped about at least a majority of a circumference of a limb of a patient in proximity to a metal surgically implanted device. The adhesive layer includes a buffered hydrogel. The electrode includes a separate conductive layer to evenly distribute electrical current relative to the metal implanted device, with the electrode serving as an anode and the implanted device serving as a cathode in a CVCES treatment system. The electrode can further include at least one feature to ensure proper placement on the skin of the patient.

Here described is the production of wires, strands, rigid ropes and flexible ropes having high electric, physico-chemical and environmental performances for the purposes of electrical conduction, enhanced through multilayer deposition containing graphene, and a method for their preparation. Each single wire, strand, rope and/or cable according to the present invention is produced through electrochemical deposition processes and/or of a different nature, in order to potentiate electric, physico-chemical and environmental performances (in particular electric conductivity) and the resistance to the thermal and corrosive actions of said wire, strand, rope and/or cable, facilitating furthermore subsequent manufacturing processes and making the connection of cable terminals and/or anchors less critical. Said wire, strand, rope and/or cable obtained at the end of the manufacturing process can be used bare for the purposes of electrical conduction or constitute the core of insulated cables to be used in the automotive and energy sectors.

The conductive film is arranged on the support and contains a binder and a metal portion, in which a position at which the contour line reaches the metal portion included in the thin conductive wire is set as an upper end position, and an average area ratio VA of the metal portion in a region ranging from the upper end position to 100 nm toward the support side is 1% or more and less than 50%, and a position at which the contour line reaches the thin conductive wire does not include the metal portion is set to a lower end position, and an average area ratio VM1 of the metal portion in a region ranging from a middle position between the upper end position and the lower end position to 50 nm toward the support side and to 50 nm toward the surface X side is 50% or more.

A method includes providing a first electrically conductive element over a top surface of a substrate. The method includes measuring at least one parameter indicative of the shape or dimensions of the first electrically conductive element. The method includes simulating the first electrically conductive element and a dielectric wall surrounding the first electrically conductive element for a plurality of wall heights by using the at least one parameter as an input. The method includes for each wall height, computing the maximum current density present at a surface of the first electrically conductive element. The method includes determining, from the maximum current densities, wall height(s) for which the maximum current density is below a threshold. Furthermore, the method includes providing a second electrically conductive element, identical to the first electrically conductive element, surrounded by a wall having a wall height of the determined wall height(s).

The present disclosure relates to a metal nanowire having a high aspect ratio and a method of preparing the metal nanowire having a high aspect ratio without using an organic stabilizer.

A composite superconducting tape, a combination and preparation method thereof, and a defect bypassing or an end joint connection method. The composite superconducting tape includes a plurality of superconducting tapes, including a first superconducting tape and a second superconducting tape. The first superconducting tape includes a first superconducting layer, and the second superconducting tape includes a second superconducting layer. A side of the first superconducting tape close to the first superconducting layer is bonded with a side of the second superconducting tape close to the second superconducting layer along a length direction. The first superconducting tape is misaligned with the second superconducting tape along a width direction, such that the side of the first superconducting tape has a first vacant area for bonding with a second conductive tape, and the side of the second superconducting tape has a second vacant area for bonding with the first conductive tape.

The present invention relates to the technical field of conductivity measurement electrode preparation, and specifically discloses a method for manufacturing a high-precision marine conductivity measurement electrode based on screen printing. The method of the present invention can realize the preparation of a conductivity measurement electrode with high precision, short preparation time and less drop-out of the electrode, thereby meeting the requirements of the current marine observation network for the high-volume and high-precision application of the conductivity sensor.

A method of forming a superconductor tape, includes depositing a superconductor layer on a substrate, forming a metal layer comprising a first metal on a surface of the superconductor layer, and implanting an alloy species into the metal layer where the first metal forms a metal alloy after the implanting the alloy species.

The invention relates to an electrical functional component (01) having at least one electrically conductive conductor strip (02), at least one contact pin (03) being arranged on the conductor strip (02), said contact pin (03) being able to be contacted with a contact element complementary in function, in particular a plug or a socket, and a contact zone being provided between the conductor strip (02) and the contact pin (03), said contact zone electrically connecting the conductor strip (02) and the contact pin (03) to each other, the electrically conductive contact zone being formed in the type of an annular cold-pressure-welded transition zone (11), the surface material of the conductor strip (02) and/or the surface material of the contact pin (03) comprising at least one cold-working area (12, 14) in the transition zone (11), a welding zone (13) being provided at least in sections on or in at least one cold-working zone (12, 14), the contact pin (03) and the conductor strip (02) being connected to each other in the welding zone (13) in an electrically conductive manner by material bonding.