Abstract: An optical probe assembly including a lens assembly extending along a central axis for optically coupling to an optical fiber. The lens assembly can have a forward facing exit window. The exit window can have an exit lens with a convex exit surface. The exit lens can extend from a periphery of the exit window and terminate partway across the exit window. The convex exit surface of the exit lens can be tilted inwardly relative to the central axis. The exit lens can bend light received from the optical fiber forwardly out of the exit window at an outward angle relative to the central axis.

Abstract: An implant for a neural interface system includes a housing including a base and a flexible portion. The implant further includes at least two anchor attachment structures disposed at the base and arranged at an angle of greater than about 90° and less than about 180° with respect to one another as defined from an approximate center of the base. The anchor attachment structures can be connected by a curved connecting member disposed at a patient-facing surface of the base.

Abstract: A surgical device for automated drilling includes a drill comprising a drill bit configured to bore through bone and a detector comprising a tissue detection sensor. The drill and detector are independently actuable for insertion and removal of the drill bit and the tissue detection sensor in a bore generated by the drill bit. A surgical system can include the surgical device and a controller configured to actuate the drill to bore through bone, actuate the drill to retract the drill bit from the bore, actuate the detector to insert the tissue detection sensor into the bore, and determine a tissue characteristic at a distal location of the bore based on a sensed signal from the tissue detection sensor.