In the continuously advancing neuroscience tungsten showed its great properties and became a material frequently used for neural probes or neural electrodes.
Tungsten exhibits remarkable resistance to corrosion, mechanical wear, and chemicals resulting in prolonged lifetime for neural probes, allowing for long-term monitoring and research. Its excellent electrical conductivity results in precise and reliable signal detection with less noise interference, enabling researchers to capture clearer and more accurate neural signals during research or even the treatment of neurological disorders like epilepsy.
Due to material stability as in robotic surgery or laparoscopy parts neural electrodes will utilize its biocompatibility also tested in many FDA approvals with different application fields and devices. Tungsten’s inert nature minimizes the risk of adverse reactions within the brain tissue, making it a safe choice for long-term implantation.
The great mechanical strength assured by tungsten also allows the use of thinner pins or electrodes for more delicate recording and signal detection with less invasive solution with probes or arrays.
Tungsten in neural probes, neural electrodes or arrays helps neurotechnology to make its next step in research and in clinical treatments also hopefully will support more and more treatments like it happened with the drug-resistant epilepsy already. Read more about the application of tungsten wire in medical technology.
