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A precision-electrode platform for directional neuromodulation
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Proven Precision Engineering in Deep Brain Stimulation
Aleva's platform is designed to shape stimulation fields with finer control, enabling directional therapy, programmable precision and adaptable integration into partner programs.
Aleva's platform is designed to shape stimulation fields with finer control, enabling directional therapy, programmable precision and adaptable integration into partner programs.
The directSTIM Platform
The directSTIM platform combines a 12-contact MEMS directional lead, a 24-channel implantable pulse generator, and a wireless programming workflow for patients and clinicians. The lead was developed and validated within this complete system. What is available for licensing is the core IP: the directional lead architecture and the manufacturing know-how behind it.
The directSTIM Platform
The directSTIM Platform
The directSTIM platform combines a 12-contact MEMS directional lead, a 24-channel implantable pulse generator, and a wireless programming workflow for patients and clinicians. The lead was developed and validated within this system. What is available for licensing is the core IP: the directional lead architecture and the manufacturing know-how behind it.
The directSTIM platform combines a 12-contact MEMS directional lead, a 24-channel implantable pulse generator, and a wireless programming workflow for patients and clinicians. The lead was developed and validated within this system. What is available for licensing is the core IP: the directional lead architecture and the manufacturing know-how behind it.
12-contact MEMS directional lead
12-contact MEMS directional lead
Aleva’s directional lead is the core of the platform. A clinically validated, MEMS-based architecture that enables fine control over the shape and direction of the stimulation field.
• 12 fully independent directional contacts
• 4 directional levels in a 3-3-3-3 layout
• Full 360° directional optionality per level
• Rounded MEMS contacts for smoother field shaping
• Lower CT/MRI artefact for clearer post-op imaging
Aleva’s directional lead is the core of the platform. A clinically validated, MEMS-based architecture that enables fine control over the shape and direction of the stimulation field.
• 12 fully independent directional contacts
• 4 directional levels in a 3-3-3-3 layout
• Full 360° directional optionality per level
• Rounded MEMS contacts for smoother field shaping
• Lower CT/MRI artefact for clearer post-op imaging
Aleva's lead is manufactured using a thin-film MEMS process that aligns all electrodes and wiring simultaneously at the production step. Conventional leads route a separate wire to each contact through a fixed-diameter shaft, which caps how many independent contacts a lead can carry. MEMS thin-film resolves this at fabrication, enabling higher contact density without increasing lead diameter, and transfers as a manufacturing know-how asset alongside the IP.
Aleva's lead is manufactured using a thin-film MEMS process that aligns all electrodes and wiring simultaneously at the production step. Conventional leads route a separate wire to each contact through a fixed-diameter shaft, which caps how many independent contacts a lead can carry. MEMS thin-film resolves this at fabrication, enabling higher contact density without increasing lead diameter, and transfers as a manufacturing know-how asset alongside the IP.
Aleva's lead is manufactured using a thin-film MEMS process that aligns all electrodes and wiring simultaneously at the production step. Conventional leads route a separate wire to each contact through a fixed-diameter shaft, which caps how many independent contacts a lead can carry. MEMS thin-film resolves this at fabrication, enabling higher contact density without increasing lead diameter, and transfers as a manufacturing know-how asset alongside the IP.
The manufacturing edge is part of the IP
The manufacturing edge is part of the IP
The manufacturing edge is part of the IP
Form factor freedom
Form factor freedom
Thin-film MEMS enables electrode sizes and geometries that conventional wire-routed assembly cannot reach, without increasing lead diameter. Partners inherit that design space.
Thin-film MEMS enables electrode sizes and geometries that conventional wire-routed assembly cannot reach, without increasing lead diameter. Partners inherit that design space.
Assembly precision
Assembly precision
All electrodes and wiring are aligned simultaneously at the production step, reducing assembly touch-time and manufacturing variability versus conventional approaches.
All electrodes and wiring are aligned simultaneously at the production step, reducing assembly touch-time and manufacturing variability versus conventional approaches.
Transferable process knowledge
Transferable process knowledge
The MEMS process is documented and transferable. Partners licensing the lead architecture can also access selected manufacturing and process guidance as part of a tech transfer engagement.
The MEMS process is documented and transferable. Partners licensing the lead architecture can also access selected manufacturing and process guidance as part of a tech transfer engagement.
Beyond directSTIM
Beyond directSTIM
Beyond directSTIM
Aleva's platform extends beyond directional DBS into a broader set of granted neural interface and programming families, each available as an independent licensing module.
Aleva's platform extends beyond directional DBS into a broader set of granted neural interface and programming families, each available as an independent licensing module.
Aleva's platform extends beyond directional DBS into a broader set of granted neural interface and programming families, each available as an independent licensing module.
spiderSTIM
Deployable 3D electrode volume for intra-operative navigation and adaptive targeting, with independently controllable elements.
spiderSTIM
Deployable 3D electrode volume for intra-operative navigation and adaptive targeting, with independently controllable elements.
cortiSTIM
Conformal cortical array with penetrating tips. Surface-plus-tip architecture for cortical interfaces and BCI-adjacent applications.
cortiSTIM
Conformal cortical array with penetrating tips. Surface-plus-tip architecture for cortical interfaces and BCI-adjacent applications.
Cuff electrode
Thin-film elastic mesh cuff in a soft silicone casing with perfusion holes, for peripheral and autonomic nerve applications.
Cuff electrode
Thin-film elastic mesh cuff in a soft silicone casing with perfusion holes, for peripheral and autonomic nerve applications.
3D MEMS / recording / programmer families
Broader platform IP spanning directional recording, impedance-aware stimulation and clinician programming workflow.
3D MEMS / recording / programmer families
Broader platform IP spanning directional recording, impedance-aware stimulation and clinician programming workflow.
spiderSTIM and cortiSTIM are not available for licensing for drug-resistant epilepsy applications. Both families are available across all other indications.
spiderSTIM and cortiSTIM are not available for licensing for drug-resistant epilepsy applications. Both families are available across all other indications.
spiderSTIM and cortiSTIM are not available for licensing for drug-resistant epilepsy applications. Both families are available across all other indications.
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Aleva's platform is designed to shape stimulation fields with finer control, enabling directional therapy, programmable precision and adaptable integration into partner programs.